US EditionDrug Trafficking Hit! El Salvador Seizes 1.4 Tons of Cocaine Valued at $35 Million
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Salvadoran authorities announced the results of a significant drug seizure carried out 900 nautical miles southwest of El Cordoncillo inlet, Estero de Jaltepeque. Minister of Security Gustavo Villatoro, accompanied by Minister René Francis Merino Monroy and Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado, presented the operation as part of the country’s ongoing strategy against organized crime. “Con mucho orgullo, con mucha independencia y con mucha soberanía…
Día a Día News El Salvador–The Expanded Security Cabinet presented this Tuesday 1.4 tons of alleged cocaine recently seized on the high seas, 900 nautical miles (1,667 km) southwest of the El Cordoncillo mouth of the Jaltepeque estuary, La Paz. The drugs were found floating in the sea, according to President Nayib Bukele, and were ready to be collected by criminal organizations. Defense Minister René Merino Monroy indicated that the drug traffic…
In a press conference, Defense Minister René Francis Merino Monroy reported that, 900 nautical miles southwest of Bocana El Cordoncillo, Estero de Jaltepeque, Naval Task Force Trident located packages with 1.4 tons of cocaine, valued at $35 million. He explained that packages of cocaine were located floating in high seas, which would have been collected later by criminal structures, preventing this drug from reaching its end, said the Minister. …
The Cabinet of Security of the Government of President Nayib Bukele presented 1.4 tons of drugs seized while floating in national waters, southwest of Bocana El Cordoncillo, valued at 35 million dollars. The National Navy led the operation, coordinating with the National Civil Police and the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic, preventing the drug from being distributed in the country. During the presentation, the Minister of Defense, René…
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