The U.S. and Mexico carried out a rare coordinated Pacific operation, seizing several tons of cocaine from a vessel and arresting suspects at sea.
U.S. and Mexican authorities have seized several tons of cocaine in a rare coordinated anti-narcotics operation in the Pacific Ocean, officials said.
The Mexican Navy reported that around 188 packages containing multiple tons of cocaine were recovered from a vessel off Clarion Island, approximately 680 miles from the Pacific port of Manzanillo in Colima state. The operation involved cooperation between the Mexican Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Photographs and video released by the Mexican navy showed the seized packages laid out on the deck of a naval ship before being transported ashore. Authorities said multiple suspects were arrested during the action, though specific numbers have not been confirmed.
Officials described the action as unusual but significant mutual cooperation between the United States and Mexico despite broader geopolitical tensions. The joint operation was part of ongoing efforts to disrupt maritime drug trafficking networks operating in the Eastern Pacific.
This seizure follows a series of U.S. and allied interdictions in the Pacific Ocean, where law enforcement agencies regularly disrupt smuggling routes used by organised cartels to transport large quantities of cocaine toward North America.
Mexican authorities say such operations are crucial to countering drug trafficking organisations and reducing the flow of narcotics that otherwise would reach domestic and international markets.
Reports are sourced from official documents, law-enforcement updates, and credible investigations.
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