The Mexican Navy on Monday announced the seizure of 42.2 tons of methamphetamines in the west of the country, one of the most important ever made. The military operation was carried out in clandestine laboratories located in the state of Michoacán, the Navy said in a press release.
The Mexican government has intensified drug seizures under the pressure of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who has imposed customs duties in cars, steel and aluminum exported by Mexico in retaliation because he considers a lack of cooperation in the fight against drugs and illegal immigration.
The operation took place in the cities of Madero and Morelia, the capital of the state of Michoacán, where five buildings that served as laboratories …