Army Destroys Massive Sinaloa Cartel Synthetic Drug Lab Outside Culiacan

By El Huaso 2/16/2023 10:35:00 AM 8 comments
By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

The Mexican army seized a large methamphetamine and fentanyl producing drug lab in Pueblos Unidos, a small town near Culiacán, Sinaloa, on February 14, 2023. The state of Sinaloa, controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel, is the epicenter of synthetic drug production in Mexico, reveals government data.

According to the Secretary of Defense press release, the lab was found in the countryside outside Pueblos Unidos by the army while investigating organized crime in the region.

"It is the second largest laboratory we have found and destroyed ever", said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the daily briefing on Monday.

A video shown at the daily briefing shows several tables set up inside a building with what appears to be piles of granulated fentanyl in the middle of the production process.

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