Two US Embassy Staffers and Chihuahua AEI Director & Agent Killed in Car Accident After Narco Lab Raids in Rural Morelos

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Chihuahua FGE head, César Jáuregui Moreno, announced the deaths of two members of the State Investigation Agency (AEI), as well as two instructor officers from the United States Embassy.

As previously reported by Borderland Beat, two large drug laboratories were raided in a rural area between Morelos and Guachochi, Chihuahua.

Two AEI agents and two US Embassy personnel, along with four other vehicles, were returning from the area near Morelos where authorities found the two clandestine synthetic drug and methamphetamine laboratories, when their vehicle was involved in an accident resulting in their deaths.

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The Army dismantles five methamphetamine labs in Culiacán and Cosalá: SInaloa

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS POSTED BY NOROESTE 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 

According to estimates by federal authorities, the economic impact on organized crime amounts to 29 million pesos.

Noroeste Editorial Team

CULIACÁN. _ As part of operations against drug production and trafficking, members of the Mexican Army located and dismantled five areas used for the production of methamphetamine in the municipalities of Culiacán and Cosalá.

The discoveries were recorded in the towns of San Antonio, La Tasajera, Santa Anita, and Palo Dulce, where military personnel seized a total of 1,425 liters of chemical substances, as well as two condensers and three burners used in the synthetic drug manufacturing process.

According to estimates by federal authorities, the economic impact on organized crime amounts to 29 million pesos.

The sites were closed in a controlled manner to avoid risks to the population and prevent their reuse.

SOURCE: NOROESTE 

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Four drug labs dismantled in Culiacán and Cosalá containing more than 2,000 liters of drug chemicals.

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JULY 19, 2025 

THIS INFORMATION WAS POSTED BY LOS NOTICIERISTAS

Culiacán, Sinaloa.- In a joint operation, federal and state forces dismantled four sites where chemicals and equipment for the production of synthetic drugs were stored in Culiacán and Cosalá.

During patrols in the mountainous area, members of the Mexican Army, National Guard, Navy, State Police, and personnel from the Attorney General's Office and the State Prosecutor's Office located these sites as part of "Operation Search, Location, and Destruction of Clandestine Laboratories."

The following items were found at the seized sites:

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• 325 liters of acetone
• 600 liters of toluene
• 500 liters of hydrochloric acid
• 180 liters of ethanol
• 850 liters of ethyl alcohol
• 150 liters of muriatic acid
• 4 centrifuges
• 67 drums
• 6 drums
• 7 vats
• 2 gas tanks
• 1 water pump

Everything was destroyed according to established protocols and turned over to the Attorney General's Office.

SOURCE: LOS NOTICIERISTAS 

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Military Captures Largest Meth Lab in Mexican History in "Los Chapitos"-Controlled Angostura, Sinaloa

 By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

The Mexican Military recently captured the largest methamphetamine lab in Mexico's history in Angostura, Sinaloa, reported newspaper Milenio. This capture comes one week after another major drug lab bust and a methamphetamine seizure in the countryside surrounding Culiacán.

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Mexico Rises to Meet Demand for Synthetic Drugs as the Number of Labs In The US Declines

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

National Guard in front of a seized drug lab. Photo: @GN_MEXICO_

As the United States suffers a synthetic drug use crisis marked by record overdoses, US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) figures show the number of drug labs in the United States is decreasing. In Mexico, government data suggests that synthetic drug production has increased to meet demand.

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