Colombia’s navy seized more than two tons of cocaine after chasing a ship full of drugs and fuel in the South Pacific, officials said Wednesday, as the world’s biggest cocaine-producing country comes under pressure from the United States to crack down on drug trafficking.
The operation took place about 140 nautical miles off Tumaco in the Nariño region of the Pacific coast, the navy said. post on social networks. The authorities he said They found 2,000 kilos of cocaine (4,400 kilos) and 270 liters of fuel in the so-called “go-fast boat”. Three Colombians on board were arrested.
The navy released video of the apprehension, which showed armed officers boarding the ship, ordering them to lie face down in front of the three suspects. Authorities also released images showing piles of suspected drugs lined up on the beach after the operation.
The Navy said the seizure of the drug, estimated to be worth more than $95 million, prevented “approximately 4.9 million doses from being distributed on the streets of the world.”
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The kidnapping happened while the Trump administration remained in place military campaign Against suspected drug ferries from South America in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Those strikes that started in September have killed more than 100 people.
Mr Trump has criticized President Gustavo Petro, calling the Colombian leader a “sick man” and hinting at possible military action in the country. However, two leaders spoke Earlier this month, a Colombian official familiar with the conversation told CBS News that the call was “very positive,” describing it as a “180° shift” in the rhetoric of both sides.
Mr. Trump invited Petro to the White House, and Petro told CBS News He was going to “stop a world war”.
Relations between the US and Colombia have been strained for months, and the Trump administration has accused the Colombian government of failing to contain the rise in cocaine production. In October of last year, Mr. Trump named Peter “Illegal drug leader” and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent He announced punishments for Petro and his familysaying that he has “let the drug cartels flourish and refused to stop this activity”. The US also removed Colombia list of allies in the war on drugs.
However, Colombia has had several major drug busts in recent months. In November, the nation reported on it biggest cocaine bust in a decade, 14 tons confiscated in the main port of the Pacific Ocean.
In the same month, divers from the Colombian navy found it in a port on the Pacific coast 450 kilos of cocaine Under a ship preparing to sail for Europe. This arrest happened a few days later the navy announced more than seven tons of drugs were confiscated from two ships and a “narco sub”, also in the Pacific Ocean.
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