🙏 Shepherd 🌷🍊 (@ShepQ)

😀🇺🇸 . Drug trafficking bust at sea On Aug. 28, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, and in coordination and collaboration with the Government of #Ecuador, #JTF #WHEM interdicted a vessel operating as a floating refueling station in support of illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in international waters of the Eastern Pacific. Intelligence confirmed the vessel, previously identified and targeted under Department of the Treasury sanctions, was operating in support of the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist organization. U.S. Marines from USS San Antonio interdicted, boarded, searched, and cleared the vessel without incident. Individuals removed from the vessel were safely escorted to Ecuador, then U.S. forces sank the vessel. This interdiction cuts off a critical node in the traffickers' logistics chain. https://x.com/Southcom/status/2093499051547492716 kun #USSSanAntonio #A3C #cartels