Presence of Illegal Activities

Presence of Illegal Activities · 7.1 Cultivation and Production of Illegal Substances

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1637.1 Cultivation and Production of Illegal Substances

Eradication Strategies

Partially meets

Partially meets the criterion.

Mexico maintains a national eradication strategy supported by operational guidelines, institutional coordination, and quantified activities across several states. Operations are conducted mainly by cutting and incinerating illicit crops.

The evidence does not establish sufficient environmental and social safeguards, livelihood protection, or sustained alternatives for affected communities. Negative effects on institutional trust have also been documented, while pollution from field burning, replanting, displacement, and net crop reduction remain inadequately evaluated.

Sources (6): the documents that support the traffic light
  1. Gobierno de México. (2025). Primer Informe de Gobierno 2024–2025: Seguridad nacional, defensa y soberanía (Report)
  2. Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. (2025, 7 de abril). Resultado de las acciones emprendidas de la Mesa de Coordinación para la Construcción de la Paz: se avanza en la erradicación de enervantes en Guerrero (Report)
  3. Procuraduría General de la República. (2018, 11 de junio). Extracto del Protocolo Nacional de Actuación de Destrucción de Plantíos Ilícitos (Regulation or programme)
  4. Secretaría de Marina. (2023, 27 de febrero). La SEMAR informa la localización y erradicación de 18 laboratorios clandestinos y 60 plantíos de amapola y marihuana, en Sinaloa y Michoacán (Regulation or programme)
  5. Secretaría de Marina. (2023, 27 de febrero). La SEMAR informa la localización y erradicación de 18 laboratorios clandestinos y 60 plantíos de amapola y marihuana, en Sinaloa y Michoacán (Regulation or programme)
  6. Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Secretaría de Marina y Guardia Nacional. (2024, 11 de junio). Fuerzas Armadas y Guardia Nacional fortalecen acciones contra la producción y distribución de narcóticos (Regulation or programme)

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Traffic light
Partially meetscoded on 15-09-2026 · Complete / validated
International support
No
Indicator score
0.50 out of a possible 1.25
Weight in the index
0.42 %
What it means
There is a framework or actions, but implementation is partial, uneven or not proven. Rules.
In the dimension
3 of 26 in Presence of Illegal Activities. See those of Cultivation and Production of Illegal Substances.