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El Salvador’s Navy Strikes Again: $34 Million Cocaine Shipment Seized Nearly 1,000 Miles Offshore.

El Salvador’s security forces have dealt another devastating blow to transnational drug cartels after intercepting 1.362 kilograms of cocaine nearly 1,000 nautical miles off its Pacific coast. The high-seas operation, carried out by the Trident Naval Task Force, resulted in the seizure of 36 drug-filled bundles valued at $34 million and the arrest of two Ecuadorian nationals. “Todo esto es producto del trabajo coordinado entre la Marina Naciona…
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Officials of the Security Cabinet provided details of the most recent seizure of 1,362 kilograms of cocaine, which was carried out by the National Navy on 17 July. The operation was carried out by the Naval Task Force Trident of the National Navy, a unit specialized in the fight against drug trafficking, with operational capabilities in the high seas. At 3:25 p.m. on 17 July, the Force intercepted a boat 947 nautical miles off the Salvadoran coa…

The shipment was intercepted 947 nautical miles off the Salvadoran coast and is valued at $34 million. EL SALVADOR.- The Security Cabinet presented on Thursday the results of a new operation against international drug trafficking, in which the Trident Naval Task Force intercepted a vessel with 1,362 kilograms of cocaine, valued at approximately $34 million, 947 nautical miles south-west of the Salvadoran coast.

The Expanded Security Cabinet presented on Wednesday the details of the recent seizure of 1,362 kilograms of cocaine, carried out by the Trident Naval Task Force during an operation carried out in the high seas, which allowed the capture of two alleged drug traffickers of Ecuadorian nationality. The Minister of National Defense, René Francis Merino Monroy, along with the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Gustavo Villatoro, and the Attorne…

The Expanded Security Cabinet presented on Wednesday the details of the recent seizure of 1,362 kilograms of cocaine, carried out by the Trident Naval Task Force during an operation carried out in the high seas, which allowed the capture of two alleged drug traffickers of Ecuadorian nationality. The Minister of National Defense, René Francis Merino Monroy, along with the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Gustavo Villatoro, and the Attorne…

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diariolahuella.com broke the news on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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