On December 27, 2022, municipal authorities of Coahuayana reported the discovery of a chemical dispersing IED array comprising jars of carbamate insecticides attached to sticks of dynamite, daisy-chained with electric wire planted at intervals of ten meters on a narrow road on the banks of the Coahuayana River, on the border of the Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán.
Members of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación attempting to initiate the IED array were reportedly repelled by local self-defense groups and the IEDs were eventually neutralized by Mexican Army EOD.
This is the first known attempt by a criminal group to use a chemical dispersing IED in this arena and it is described as a new narcoterror TTP by Mexican authorities. While the IEDs were neutralized on this occasion, the threat had the potential to harm not only the targeted self-defense group, but could also have environmental and economic repercussions.
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