The Navy of El Salvador intercepts 1.4 tons of cocaine within the Pacific Ocean, ensuing within the dying of 1 Ecuadorian trafficker and the seize of one other, as reported by President Nayib Bukele on Friday. The operation happened southwest of Bocana El Cordoncillo, Estero de Jaltepeque, with two Ecuadorian crew members on board a ship. The estimated worth of the cocaine is round $35 million.
According to Bukele, one of many Ecuadorian drug traffickers was killed in a confrontation with Salvadoran sailors, whereas the opposite was captured. This latest seizure surpasses a earlier operation simply 5 days prior, the place 1.3 tons of cocaine had been seized from two vessels within the Pacific, leading to a number of arrests of Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Mexican people.
Bukele acknowledged that this newest operation breaks the report for the farthest drug seizure from the shores of El Salvador. The nation’s Navy ceaselessly makes drug seizures within the Pacific Ocean, a significant trafficking route utilized by cartels to move medicine from South America to the United States. The majority of cocaine getting into the US passes by means of Mexico and Central America, in accordance with Washington.