Mahahual, Q.R. — Three men caught transporting cocaine off the coast of Mahahual in May have been sentenced. A Cancun judge handed down a 13 year and seven month prison sentence to the Mexican nationals after being found guilty of transporting narcotics and gang association.
The Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), based in Cancun, says a district judge ordered the sentence against Adalberto “E”, Guadalupe “V” and Cándido “G” “for being criminally responsible for the transportation of cocaine hydrochloride with the aggravating factor of having been carried out in a gang.”
According to the investigation, the arrest occurred in May 2024 when they were aboard an unnamed vessel without registration, flag or lights. The boat, outfitted with two outboard motors, was located approximately 165 nautical miles southeast of Mahahual where they were sighted by elements of the Coast Guard of the Secretariat of the Navy.
It was the second similar cocaine seizure made off Costa Maya in the Spring. According to authorities, the cocaine was being run by a fleet of drug boats that originated in Colombia with destinations of Puerto Rico and Quintana Roo.
The three men detained off the coast of Mahahual are of Mexican nationality. Two are from the state of Sinaloa and one from Oaxaca. They have each been sentenced to 13 years, seven months and 19 days in prison.
The May seizure off Mahahual was believed linked to the first seizure, also 3 tons of cocaine, by the Ministerio Público of Honduras on May 9. Official information surrounding that seizure was not released until May 12 when, according to their statement, approximately 3 tons (2,878 kilos) of cocaine was seized from a small vessel off the coast of Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán.
That vessel, they reported, is believed to have had a final destination of Quintana Roo, but was intercepted before reaching Mexico.
