Mexican cartels began producing cocaine, Colombian police say

According to the Colombian police, the Mexican cartels not only import and transfer cocaine from South America, but they have already begun to produce it..

Colombian gangs now send unrefined, less expensive drug called coca baseaccording to General Luis Ramírez, chief of the Colombian counter-narcotics police.

In the United States, consumers want refined cocaine, instead of base, this can only mean that Mexicans operate their own laboratories.

"Find the one that the coca base is for Mexico and you have a question:If the risk of carrying a kilo of coca base is the same risk of carrying a kilo of cocaine hydrochloride, why is the coca base being transported to another country? "Ramirez said.

The police chief believes that it is because Four years ago, the government imposed controls on the import and sale of chemical precursors such as potbadium permanganate and hydrochloric acid., which generated a shortage.

In addition, By sending cheaper and cheaper cocaine, traffickers reduce costs in case of seizure of a cargo.

Mexican authorities have stated that they have not detected any laboratories testing for cocaine and that there is no evidence of their existence in the country.s.

However, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during his morning conference on April 2 reported on the location of narcolaboratories in the state of Sinaloa.

Then, through a statement was detailed, "The Secretariat of the Navy and Navy of Mexico, Through the fourth naval zone based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa announced that yesterday, as part of actions to strengthen public security, they were located, they secured and decommissioned two clandestine laboratories, which contained approximately 250 kilograms of presumed glbad paste, 500 liters of suspected liquid crystals, precursors chemicals, as well as the equipment and materials used for the manufacture of synthetic drugs. "

The military institute indicated that the location of these narcolaboratories came from field and office work, where it was learned that, in various populations of the state of Sinaloa, there were premises dedicated to the production of synthetic drugs.

Colombian police claim to have seen this phenomenon for about 3 years. They also know that the base has been sent to Belgium and Spain, but even in this case, if part of the production is no longer carried out in Colombia, it is still the largest producer of cocaine in the world.

The amount of coca planted in Colombia has more than tripled since 2012 and now it is enough to produce about 1,400 tons of cocaine, fueling violence in rural areas.