| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2009 
Mexico Makes Record Drug Seizure
 Stephen Gibbs - BBC News
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October 03, 2009
| | Policemen detain a protester during a march marking the 41st anniversary of a student massacre in Mexico City October 2, 2009. Thousands took part in the march to mark the 41st anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco square massacre at which dozens, maybe hundreds, of protesters were gunned down by the army in a brutal repression of the student movement. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar} | |
Mexico City - Mexican authorities say they have made their largest-ever seizure of chemicals used in the manufacturer of the synthetic drug methamphetamine.
A total of 37 tonnes was confiscated in two separate raids in different parts of the country.
Mexico, one of the world's leading producers of the drug, says the seizure represents a blow to organised crime.
Some 20 tonnes of the psycho-stimulant drug were found on a boat entering the Pacific Coast port of Manzanillo.
A further 17 tonnes were uncovered in the city of Nuevo Laredo, close to the border with Texas.
Several arrests are understood to have been made.
Both the Mexican and US authorities have recently pointed to the fact that drug cartels in Mexico are increasingly diversifying their business into the manufacture and trafficking of methamphetamine.
It has the advantage over cocaine that it can be domestically produced in large quantities.
The precursor chemicals required to make the drug are, however, usually imported.
It is that part of the business which the Mexican authorities are currently targeting.
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