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U.S. sinks 2nd drug traffickers’ floating fuel station in Eastern Pacific
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A U.S. task force has intercepted and sunk another vessel used as a floating refueling station by drug traffickers tied to Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang, its second such operation in two days, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The people aboard were transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.
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A U.S. task force intercepted and sank a vessel being used as a floating refueling station by drug traffickers tied to Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The people aboard were transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.
The United States military sank a refueling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that was allegedly linked to the Los Choneros terrorist organization. It was the latest effort by the U.S. Southern Command to disrupt the narco-trafficking operations originating from South America.
The U.S. military intercepted and sank a vessel that was allegedly being used to support at-sea drug trafficking by the Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, officials said.
U.S. Southern Command on Thursday said it sank an alleged refueling station operating in support of the Los Choneros narco-terrorist organization. Sailors with Littoral Combat Force 24 aboard the USS San Antonio stopped, boarded, searched, and cleared the vessel, arresting the individuals aboard bef…
A U.S. task force has intercepted and sunk another vessel used as a floating refueling station by drug traffickers tied to Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang, its second such operation in two days, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The people aboard were transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) dealt another devastating blow to Western Hemisphere drug syndicates on Thursday, announcing that American naval forces intercepted and sank a floating refueling station operating in support of the violent Ecuadorian narco-terrorist organization Los Choneros.
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