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According to investigators, the shipment originated in Jalisco, Mexico, traveled by maritime container to France, moved via truck to a logistics hub in Barcelona, and finally reached the Segrià region property.
The Transcontinental Supply Chain From Jalisco to Catalonia
The operation relied on sophisticated supply chain masking. Investigators tracking the international shipment discovered that the illicit cargo was invoiced and labeled as concentrated liquid vanilla extract. Importers marketed the product for commercial culinary use, suggesting drops for coffee, desserts, and summer ice cream preparations.
Records compiled by federal and regional security forces trace the containers from their Mexican point of origin in Jalisco across the Atlantic Ocean to French ports. From France, transport trucks moved the cargo across the border to a distribution center in Barcelona. From that urban logistics node, drivers hauled the material northwest to Almenar, a rural municipality of approximately 3,000 residents in the Lleida province, where the isolated farmhouse provided cover for large-scale chemical extraction.
Secluded Masia Served as Clandestine Processing Hub
The chosen site—a secluded stone masia equipped with a swimming pool—offered physical isolation while remaining connected to regional transportation corridors.
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