Paul Peachey of TradeWinds reports that the Sinaloa crime gang charges drug traffickers to use the Pacific coast port of Mazatlan, US report claims.
A sharp increase in drug seizures has been reported at Mexico’s west coast ports with caches discovered inside containers and vessels’ sea chests, said protection and indemnity club NorthStandard.
The alert follows the seizure earlier this month of 88 tonnes of chemicals needed for the manufacture of synthetic drugs at the country’s largest container port, Manzanillo.
Ports are a “critical part” of the criminal infrastructure of one of the most powerful cartels, the Sinaloa, which uses them to receive precursor chemicals and South American cocaine for trafficking into the US, according to a May report by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). […]
The DEA report said that the Pacific coast port of Mazatlan was wholly controlled by the Sinaloa cartel and they charged other drug trafficking organisations to use the port.
A long history of alliances with drug trafficking groups also gave the Sinaloa access to the port of Manzanillo, said the report. […]
The Mexican navy had a record year of seizures in 2023 during their long-running battle with drug cartels, with most made from small vessels intercepted at sea, according to local reports.
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