Seventeen Cubans arrested for drug trafficking in anti-drug operation in Mexico.

Seventeen Cubans and three Venezuelans were arrested Tuesday night during a drug raid carried out by the police in the city of Pachuca, in the state of Hidalgo, according to an official statement.

During a police operation organized by the Public Security Secretariat of Hidalgo (SSPH) and the Attorney General's Office of that state (PGJEH), 20 foreigners - 11 women and nine men - were arrested, and authorities confiscated 100 doses of synthetic drugs, known as "crystal," and 83 doses of marijuana, according to local media reports.

The operation was carried out based on several complaints from the public, in which an address in the Adolfo López Mateos neighborhood was identified as a suspected drug dealing point.

The detainees - whose names have not been disclosed - do not have legal status in the country and are allegedly linked to different thefts in the metropolitan area.

Also, on Tuesday night, in the locality of Tepojaco, municipality of Tizayuca, the authorities executed a search warrant at a residence, where they found 100 doses of dried herb with characteristics of marijuana, 26 doses of synthetic drug "crystal," and cell phone equipment.

The police arrested two individuals with the initials A.J.G.C. and A.G.C., alias "El chango", who "is presumed to have been a generator of violent acts in the region." The statement did not specify the nationality of the detainees.

The Public Security Secretariat of Hidalgo also communicated that, after the judicial procedures were concluded, "the individuals involved and seized objects were handed over to the competent authority while investigations continue."

This past weekend, the arrest of two other Cubans - a man and a woman - in Tizayuca was reported, during police operations in nightclubs in the area, "to combat drug dealing". Authorities arrested a total of six people and found 312 doses of synthetic drug "crystal".

The SSPH identified the two Cubans involved in the events as M. F. M. and M. A. R., making it impossible to determine their names.