Three folks, together with an American citizen and a twin nationwide, have been arrested and 110,000 fentanyl capsules have been seized, Mexican authorities stated Saturday.
The arrests have been performed by the Secretariat of Safety and Citizen Safety and the Legal professional Basic’s Workplace, in coordination with different federal businesses, the SSCP stated in a information launch. The Federal Bureau of Investigation additionally took half within the binational operation, the SSCP stated.
Data acquired by the U.S. and Mexico allowed safety brokers to implement “intelligence work and surveillance actions” that led them to the three folks. After conducting floor patrols in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, safety brokers recognized two males and a lady touring in a automobile. The three fled after they observed authorities, the SSCP stated.
After a short chase, the three have been stopped. Safety brokers discovered the fentanyl capsules contained in the automobile. That they had been divided into 10 packages product of clear plastic. Images shared on social media by SSCP chief Omar Hamid García Harfuch additionally present 4 IDs and three cell telephones.
Omar Hamid García Harfuch / SSCP 
All three have been arrested and handed over to the custody of the Public Prosecutor’s Workplace, the SSCP stated. The capsules have been additionally positioned into police custody. The three folks haven’t been recognized. The lady is American. One of many males is a Mexican-American twin nationwide and has a warrant out within the U.S. for drug dealing, authorities stated.
The arrests will assist “curb the trafficking of illicit substances and stop medication from reaching younger folks,” the SSCP stated.
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has made combating unlawful drug distribution a precedence for her authorities. In latest months, authorities within the nation have introduced a number of main fentanyl seizures, together with a 2024 seizure that officers say was the largest within the nation’s historical past.
