Cartels help drugs from US and Canada to send glass to Oceania

Gustavo Castillo García

La Jornada newspaper
Sunday, August 10, 2025, p. 6

Mexican cartels support local groups from the United States and Canada for maritime sending to Australia and New Zealand and use washing machines To send money to Mexico, he refers to the International Center for Research and Analysis against Maritime Drug Trafficking (CMCON), called Australia: the entrance door of illegal substances to Oceania.

In the document, it is indicated that Australia is an extremely attractive market for drug trafficking, especially for the Mexican Cartel of Sinaloa, which is the main cocaine importer in this part of the planet.

Thus, he says that “the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels New generation (CJNG) have taken advantage of the already established traffic routes and have strengthened their presence in the Oceania continent through alliances with local organized crime groups, the presence and impact of Mexican cartels in Australia and New Zealand was indicated in the report groups. ”

In a document Prepared by the Administration for Drug Control (DEA) it was indicated that the presence of groups in Australia and New Zealand grew alarmingly in recent years, and this goes hand in hand with the establishment of an operational network in both countries.

In this case, the analysis indicates as a description of the case that last May 9 “Authorities of the Australian Federal Police and the Brigade against Organized Crime of the State Command against the Crime, initiated an investigation focused on the supply of drug Sydney, on April 28, 2025.

“From that date the investigations began, when on Friday, May 9, while the ship returned to the coast, to South West Rocks approximate Recreation boat, yacht typewith compartments.

During the development of the operation Two subjects were captured who were the crew of the boat and three who were in vehicles in a Sydney Marina waiting for the boat. The nationality of the captured was not reported.

In that context, it is established that the drug trafficking route to Australia is for the Pacific Ocean and that of this There is very little talk Although it has been discovered that operations are carried out that involve billions of dollars In cocaine and methamphetamines that they are packed in the sailboat helmets in the United States and Latin America and are transported to Australia, through the South Pacific Islands, which are often considered as vacation destinations, rather than narcotic distribution centers.

However, it was discovered that In the last five years, there was an explosion in the amount of boats, which sometimes transport more than one ton of cocaine, crossing the Pacific Ocean to supply the habit of growing and very lucrative drug use in Australia in Australia.