The US Southern Command said on Monday that Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere forces interdicted a floating refuelling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in the eastern Pacific on September 7. The Southern Command said in an X post that individuals that were removed from the vessel would be transferred to Ecuadorian authorities, and U.S. forces sank it after clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew.

Otras dos intervenciones se reportaron esta semana y dejaron 28 detenidos.

El operativo, confirmado por Ecuador, permitió detener a los tripulantes y desmantelar una presunta estación flotante de abastecimiento utilizada para apoyar actividades de…

US sinks an Ecuadorian ship in the Pacific it alleges is tied to drug trafficking

U.S. Southern Command have targeted suspected Los Choneros refueling ships in drug-trafficking operations in the Pacific.