US EditionHard Blow to Drug Trafficking: with the Support of the United States, the Ecuadorian Navy Seized More than Ten Tons of Cocaine in High Seas
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The operations were carried out in collaboration with the US - 73% of the cocaine produced globally passes through Ecuadorian ports
Ecuador has seized more than ten tons of cocaine during seven operations carried out on the high seas over three weeks with the support of the US Coast Guard, military and police officials said.
Ecuador has in a few years become a place of shipment of cocaine to the United States, the world's leading consumer, and Europe.
The security forces, in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard, carried out seven operations that left 18 detainees and destroyed six boats used by the mafias.
El Universo
fmmundo.comIn the intervention there were 18 people arrested, all Ecuadorians. Most of them are fishermen recruited by gangs.
The Marine and Police of Ecuador, in cooperation with the United States Coast Guard, seized 10,3 tons of cocaine during a series of operations on the high seas and arrested 18 people. The cargoes were delivered to the port of Manta along with the arrests on Sunday (24th) on board the USCGC Seneca [...] The post Ecuador: More than ten tons of cocaine confiscated first appeared on latinapress News.
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