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The United States military has sunk six large fishing vessels accused of refueling drug-smuggling boats off the coast of Ecuador in South America.
The United States military has intensified its campaign against drug trafficking in Latin America by striking a number of large refueling vessels used by smugglers off the Ecuadorian coast. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. military has sunk six large fishing vessels accused of refueling drug-smuggling boats off the coast of Ecuador. DETAIL: United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported that the vessels were acting as refueling stations for smaller boats transporting drugs for the cartels. The large vessels have been linked to the refueling operations of the Los Choneros gang, a crime syndicate based in Ecuador, designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The strikes came on Tuesday night as part of a broader effort by the…Open
U.S. military officials in the past two weeks have sunk six large fishing vessels accused of providing fuel to fast boats carrying drugs from South America.
A group of United Nations-appointed human rights experts renewed calls for an investigation into U.S. strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats.
SOUTHCOM said the interdiction was part of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere and in collaboration with the Ecuadorian government.
Four people are dead Tuesday after the U.S. military launched its 68th strike against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. The boat was traveling through “established narco-trafficking routes," and the strike was ordered based on "confirmed intelligence," according to Southern Command. More: https://tinyurl.com/5bz95mxm #military #warondrugs #militarystrike
The command said Monday that the lethal attack was against a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific, and that intelligence confirmed that the boat was engaged in narco-trafficking.
The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago.
The US has carried out its first known strike in more than two months on an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific. Two people were killed in the strike, according to US Southern Command. #cnn #us #easternpacific
The Department of War has killed 221 people in 66 strikes since September, a Southern Command official said.