US military strikes another boat in Pacific Ocean, killing 4
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EXCLUSIVE: The Coast Guard seized over 20,000 pounds of cocaine from a go-fast vessel during Operation Pacific Viper, a joint U.S. initiative to counter drug trafficking.
Video footage shared by the Department of Homeland Security shows Coast Guard personnel, including a sniper from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), using disabling fire against a go-fast vessel during the mission, which was part of Operation Pacific Viper.
“The helicopter went over and GFV 1 stopped moving,” court papers recount. “One small boat came alongside GFV 1 and gained control. ANDRES FERNANDO TUFIÑO CHILA was identified as the master of the vessel and he made a verbal claim of Ecuadorian nationality for the vessel.
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Drug boats from Venezuela are mainly moving cocaine to Europe — not fentanyl to the U.S., experts say
President Donald Trump and his Pentagon chief say U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats in waters off Latin America are saving lives by preventing narcotics from reaching America’s shores. But drug cartels operating vessels in the Caribbean ...
The French navy opened fire on a go-fast boat in the Atlantic to immobilise it, arrest its crew and seize 2.4 tonnes of cocaine on board worth $150 million, authorities said on Tuesday. The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go to AFP.com.
On Sept. 2. President Trump, following an earlier secret directive, ordered the killing of 11 men on an alleged drug running boat in the southern Caribbean. On Monday, Trump announced that the military conducted another strike on another Venezuelan boat it ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A go-fast boat reportedly carrying a crew of four capsized on a Caribbean route used by drug traffickers and one survivor was found clinging to the boat's bow, which was jutting out of the water, U.S. authorities said Monday.
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