US Southern Command on Monday introduced Joint Job Pressure Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) forces interdicted a floating refueling station supporting illicit drug-trafficking operations within the Jap Pacific.
People concerned with the Los Choneros narco-terrorist group had been faraway from the vessel and transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.
Full assertion from SOUTHCOM:
On Sept. 7, underneath the path of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Job Pressure Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) forces efficiently interdicted a floating refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations within the Jap Pacific.
Intelligence confirmed the vessel’s involvement with the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist group.
People faraway from the vessel can be transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.
After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it. JTF-WHEM continues to conduct exact {and professional} operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking within the Western Hemisphere.
WATCH:
That is the second refueling station disabled by SOUTHCOM in the previous couple of days.
Over the weekend SOUTHCOM announced navy forces interdicted and destroyed two floating refueling stations for drug trafficking operations within the jap Pacific Ocean
Each floating refueling stations had been “working in help of the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist group,” in line with SOUTHCOM.
On Saturday, SOUTHCOM launched extra footage from one other interdiction of a “multi-vessel” refueling station.
“People faraway from the primary vessel have been transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. As soon as the primary vessel was cleared and the crew disembarked, U.S. forces sank it and the connected help vessels,” SOUTHCOM mentioned in an announcement.
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