Military seizes half tonne of cocaine in Oaxaca after dramatic air and ground chase

A clandestine craft transporting drugs was intercepted arsenic it flew implicit Oaxaca by members of the Defense Ministry (Sedena), resulting successful the confiscation of 534 packages of cocaine weighing much than fractional a tonne.

The incidental — which witnesses described arsenic being consecutive retired of Hollywood — resulted successful the forced landing of the level and the seizure of 2 pick-up trucks, arsenic good arsenic a pursuit connected the crushed arsenic suspects scattered and fled.

The suspects tried to unload their illicit cargo from their level onto trucks, but had to permission the occupation partially done arsenic they fled. They were forced to wantonness some the drugs and the trucks with soldiers closing successful connected them. Sedena ended up successful possession of 1 abandoned plane, 2 abandoned trucks and 534 boxes of cocaine weighing fractional a tonne. (Sedena)

Security Minister Omar García Harfuch shared details of the cognition connected Wednesday, confirming that nary arrests person been made yet.

During regular surveillance of nationalist aerial space, the subject detected an unauthorized formation implicit confederate Chiapas and the Air Force instantly deployed craft to investigate. 

The fishy level was seen landing among thenar trees and bushes successful the confederate coastal portion of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec adjacent the colony of Huamúchil, Oaxaca, wherever 2 pick-up trucks arrived and their occupants began offloading packages from the plane.

Before they could decorativeness the transportation a subject chopper approached and hovered supra the scene, forcing the suspects to marque a tally for it. However, soldiers and National Guardsmen cornered the suspects adjacent the Laguna Superior, prompting the chartless individuals to wantonness the 2 pickup trucks.

El Universal paper reported that residents of the tiny municipality “watched the events arsenic if connected a movie set, eagerly pursuing each detail, similar erstwhile the chopper landed connected the shot tract of the section simple school.”

Police officers connected the country said that “between 3 and 4 occupants of the vans escaped, and 2 oregon 3 adjacent snatched 2 motorcycles from section residents to flee, portion others boarded motorcycle taxis and escaped.”

Some suspects seemingly managed to flight via the Pan American Highway to the east, portion others fled toward the colony of San Dionisio to the southwest.

While immoderate agents pursued the suspects, the main unit of the subject secured the country and took possession of the amerciable cargo.

“This cognition is the effect of imperishable surveillance of Mexican airspace and is portion of ongoing actions to combat cause trafficking and weaken the structures of organized crime,” García Harfuch said. “It besides represents the neutralization of millions of doses of drugs, preventing their merchantability and organisation wrong the country.”

The drugs and vehicles were transported retired of the country connected Wednesday, García Harfuch said, adding that the lawsuit was handed implicit to the Federal Attorney General’s Office who volition proceed the probe and look for those responsible.

Another bust large bust followed soon after: On Thursday morning, García Harfuch reported that 4 tonnes of cocaine had been seized from a submarine disconnected the seashore of Colima. All told, Mexican authorities person confiscated astir 10 tonnes of cocaine this week, helium said.

With reports from El Universal, El Financiero, Diario Marca and Diario Presente