The federal police found 50 packages wrapped in packing tape.
The coordinators of the PRI and PAN said that before promoting reforms, there should be an open debate to have all the necessary information on the subject.
Two lawyers, a social activist and an accountant that do not smoke marijuana and are not interested in doing so were behind the decision made yesterday by Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice.
Humberto Castillejos, legal adviser of the Presidency, and Eduardo Sánchez, spokesman, reiterated that whoever produces or sells marijuana is committing a crime.
Groups in favor and against the legalization of marijuana demonstrate in front of the SCJN
The Supreme Court of Justice discusses today the proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.
For the first time in Mexico's history, the issue of legalizing marijuana with recreational purposes will be discussed at the Supreme Court from a human rights perspective thanks to an appeal filed by Sociedad Mexicana de Autconsumo Responsable y Tolerante.
The package with 26 pounds of marijuana likely was dropped by a drug smuggler's aircraft in Nogales.
The drug was stashed in a hidden compartment of a vehicle allegedly owned by a circus company.
The vehicle carrying 589 packages with drug was intercepted on the Matamoros-Mazatlán highway.
999 packages of marijuana were found inside a property located in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga.