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Mexican soldiers and police officials have seized a whopping 105 tons of marijuana in the border city of Tijuana, the largest drug bust in the Latin American nation in recent years.
Eleven people were arrested yesterday after raids in three neighborhoods and a pre-dawn gun battle and between members of the drug cartel and police and soldiers; two people were injured.
The marijuana was found in six cargo containers in a warehouse, wrapped in over 10,000 color coded packages with various labels and logos and has a street value of U.S.$340 million. Army General Alfonso Duarte said the marijuana was being prepared for shipment and distribution to the United States.
Homer Simpson saying "Voy de mojarra y que guey!" which roughly translates to:" I'm crossing the border illegally, what's it to you!"
It is believed the color coding and different labels are used to indicate where the drugs should be shipped to once crossing over to the U.S.
Although Mexican drug cartels smuggle marijuana from South America, the drug is increasingly produced in Mexico.
Cannabis production in Mexico increased 35 per cent to 12,000 hectares (29,652 acres) in 2009, from 8,900 hectares (21,991 acres) the previous year, according to the U.S. State Department's 2010 International Narcotics Control report.
Mexican DTOs have relocated many of their outdoor cannabis cultivation operations in Mexico from traditional growing areas to more remote locations in central and northern Mexico, primarily to reduce the risk of eradication and gain easier access to U.S. drug markets. According to CNC, Mexican DTOs have relocated many of their cannabis-growing operations from traditional growing areas in the states of Guerrero, Nayarit, and Michoacán to remote mountain areas of Durango, Sinaloa, and Sonora in central and northern Mexico. CNC reports that the relocation is most likely the result of sustained high levels of detection and eradication in traditional growing areas as well as a desire on the part of the DTOs to reduce transportation costs to the Southwest Border and gain more direct access to drug markets throughout the United States.
The report attributed the increase to drug cartel efforts to 'diminish reliance on foreign suppliers'.
The seize marks a big break through against the cartels in the ongoing drug war in Mexico that has claimed 28,000 lives since 2006.
