Authorities say they have found a container with radioactive material that was stolen in late February in central Mexico.
The Interior Department says the stolen iridium-192 was found still sealed inside its container on a highway in Mexico State. It said it detected no danger to the population.
At the time it was stolen, authorities distributed a photo showing a hand-held metal cylinder with a yellow protective cover and said the material was used by an industrial maintenance company.
It said the canister was aboard a 10-year-old pickup truck stolen in San Juan del Rio, an industrial city north of Mexico City.
There have been a half-dozen thefts of radioactive material in Mexico in the past two years. The hazardous materials have been recovered in the previous five cases.
