Army Uncovers Mexico's Largest Marijuana Plantation

A 300 acre pot field, and nobody it was there?

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Mexican soldiers found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres, the Defense Department said Thursday.

The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.

The pot plants sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert, more than 150 miles south of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego.

Army Gen. Alfonso Duarte said the screening, which is often used by regular farmers to protect crops from too much sun or heat, made it difficult to detect from the air what was growing underneath.

It was only when soldiers on the ground reached the isolated area Tuesday that they found thousands of pot plants as high as 2.5 yards tall. The average height of the plants was about 1.5 yards. Duarte said they were not yet ready for harvest.

Mexican army kills 15 suspected drug gang members

The killings are forcing some investors to freeze investment in Mexican factories on the U.S. border and scaring off tourists from beach resorts.

Hmmmm , I wonder why ?

Would you visit Acapulco with your family when they are frequently finding headless bodies everywhere ?

How about visiting any of the border states where almost daily gun battles break out on the streets ?


(Reuters) - Fifteen suspected drug gang members were killed in a shootout with Mexican soldiers on Tuesday in western Mexico in the latest fatal clash between warring cartels and federal forces.

Suspected drug hitmen attacked soldiers who intended to inspect a cartel safe house in the colonial town of Taxco southwest of Mexico City. Soldiers returned fire, killing the assailants in a 40-minute gunfight, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The clash followed an ambush by gunmen on a federal police convoy in the western state of Michoacan on Monday that killed 10 officers.