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Headed for the U.S. With 194.9 Kilos of Cocaine and Fentanyl: Trucker Caught at Tijuana’s Otay Crossing, Across From San Diego, Ordered to Stand Trial — Official Weigh-In Falls Short of the First 249-Kilo Count

By The Narco Blog · October 8, 2026

Green plastic-wrapped packages in a compartment cut into a trailer's wooden floor, with an inset of a man in a gray hoodie, face blurred, standing before a National Guard banner
Packages in the false floor of the trailer stopped at Tijuana's Otay crossing, with an inset of the driver, Rey "N," whose face is blurred. Photo: Mexican government handout (Gabinete de Seguridad), via Infobae.

The truck driver caught with cocaine and fentanyl hidden under his trailer floor at the Otay crossing in Tijuana, across from San Diego, was trying to take the load into the United States, Mexico’s federal prosecutor’s office (FGR) says. A federal judge has ordered the man, identified only as Rey “N,” to stand trial and kept him in jail, Infobae and Uniradio Informa reported on Oct. 6, 2026. He is charged with attempting to export the drugs, not with any cartel tie, and is presumed innocent.

Green plastic-wrapped packages in a compartment cut into a trailer's wooden floor, with an inset of a man in a gray hoodie, face blurred, standing before a National Guard banner
Packages in the false floor of the trailer stopped at Tijuana’s Otay crossing, with an inset of the driver, Rey “N,” whose face is blurred. Photo: Mexican government handout (Gabinete de Seguridad), via Infobae.

What the judge ordered

According to Infobae and Uniradio Informa, a control judge granted the FGR’s request to bind Rey “N” over for trial (vinculación a proceso) on a charge of attempting to take cocaine and fentanyl out of the country. The judge imposed mandatory pretrial detention and gave prosecutors three months to finish their investigation. He is being held at the La Mesa state prison in Tijuana, the outlets said. Ensenada daily El Vigía reported the same ruling on Oct. 7 and said the truck was headed to the U.S. through Tijuana.

Fewer kilos than first announced

When Mexico’s Security Cabinet announced the seizure on Sept. 26, it put the load at about 249 kilograms in 195 packages, as The Narco Blog reported. Infobae said the FGR’s forensic weighing came to 194.9 kilograms: 183.9 kilos of cocaine and 10.9 kilos of fentanyl. El Vigía gave the same breakdown, 183.95 and 10.95 kilos. Neither outlet explained the gap with the first figure. The package count, 184 of cocaine and 11 of fentanyl, has not changed.

Prosecutors say National Guard agents stopped the tractor-trailer after an X-ray scan at Otay, and that a detection dog named Chocolate helped find the false floor.

FGR identification card showing a man with a black bar over his eyes above the name Rey "N" and a presumption-of-innocence notice
The federal prosecutor’s office identification card for Rey “N,” which notes that he is presumed innocent. Photo: Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), via Infobae.

What is still unknown

None of the reports name a cartel or criminal group behind the shipment, say who in the United States was meant to receive it, or say whether U.S. authorities are involved. The FGR has not released the driver’s full name. Infobae also mentioned an earlier Chocolate find, 75.9 kilos of cocaine in a truck carrying prickly pears, which it dated Sept. 8; Semanario ZETA had dated that seizure Sept. 4. For crossing conditions and recent incidents, see our Tijuana–San Diego safety page.

Related coverage: Drug Dog ‘Chocolate’ Sniffs Out 249 Kilos of Cocaine and Fentanyl Under a Trailer Floor at Tijuana’s Otay Crossing — the Same Dog’s Second Big Find This Month

Sources

Reported Oct. 8, 2026, from Mexican media accounts of an FGR statement. Authorities have not said where the shipment came from, who it was for, or when the hearing took place, and have not explained the change from the first 249-kilo estimate.