U.S. hits three suspected drug boats in Pacific as interdictions continue

(The Center Square) – U.S. Southern Command announced strikes on three suspected drug boats in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean. The strikes, part of Joint Task Force Southern Spear, hit suspected ...
The New York Times

Even as U.S. Blows Up Boats, Coast Guard Captures Others at Sea

Cutters are still stopping smugglers and seizing drugs, but the prosecutions of go-fast boat crews are dwindling in a realignment of federal resources. For the most part, people captured by the Coast ...
Seattle Times

Even as U.S. targets boats, Coast Guard tries to capture drug suspects at sea

MIAMI — Long before the U.S. military began blowing up boats it suspected of smuggling drugs in strikes from the sky, the Coast Guard has pursued a very different campaign against drug smuggling on ...
Iowa Public Radio

U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats have done little to stop the flow of illegal drugs

PUNTA CANOA, Colombia — Euris Cervantes starts the outboard motor of his fishing boat and pushes off from shore. It's 5 a.m., still dark, and the Big Dipper shines overhead. As Cervantes maneuvers ...