U.S. Southern Command said U.S. forces in the eastern Pacific intercepted a floating fuel tanker used to resupply maritime drug trafficking and suspected of supporting Ecuador’s Los Choneros cartel; after transferring personnel off the vessel, U.S. forces sank it.

2026-09-08

U.S. Southern Command said U.S. forces in the eastern Pacific intercepted a floating fuel tanker used to resupply maritime drug trafficking and suspected of supporting Ecuador’s Los Choneros cartel; after transferring personnel off the vessel, U.S. forces sank it.