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On board, cocaine was worth more than $30 million: the El Salvador Navy picked up a boat in the Pacific. The country's president spoke of a "strike against organised crime".
The Navy of El Salvador intercepted in Pacific waters a semi-submersible that transported 1.3 tons of cocaine and arrested two Ecuadorians and a Colombian who were on board, President Nayib Bukele reported this Sunday. The vessel was intercepted 600 nautical miles (about 1,100 km) southwest of Bocana El Cordoncillo, Estero de Jaltepeque, and carried a cargo valued at “$33 million,” Bukele said in his account on social network X. “With this opera…
U.S. Coast Guard, USS Sampson Conduct Drug Interdiction in Eastern Pacific
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2025) Service members aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) haul seized contraband to a secured space in the Pacific Watch mission, July 10, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSN Maliq Martin) Release From U.S. Pacific Fleet PACIFIC OCEAN – The U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), interdicted two suspected drug smugglers, and seized appro…
USS Sampson Conducts Drug Interdiction in Eastern Pacific
250710-N-LU681-1352 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2025) Members of the Navy and Coast Guard Joint Operations Team rides a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) during a contraband in the Pacific Watch mission, July 10, 2025. Sampson is employed under U.S. Northern Command’s maritime homeland defense authorities with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked to enable maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs and other ill…
The National Navy of El Salvador intercepted a boat with 1.3 tons of cocaine in Pacific waters and arrested two Ecuadorian citizens and one Colombian, President Nayib Bukele reported Sunday night. La entrada La Marina Salvadorana intercepts shipments of 1.3 tons of cocaine in the Pacific was first published in Proceso Digital.
Día a Día News El Salvador–The National Navy's Trident Naval Task Force seized 1.3 tons of cocaine in international waters, according to President Nayib Bukele. The operation took place approximately 600 nautical miles (equivalent to 1,111 kilometers) southwest of the El Cordoncillo mouth of the Jaltepeque estuary. During the operation, three people were captured: two Ecuadorians and one Colombian. According to official information, the suspects…
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