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El Salvador seizes drug shipment worth $ 14.6 million

2021-07-25T22:02:49.627Z


Authorities in El Salvador announced Sunday, July 25 that they had seized 585 kilos of cocaine, worth $ 14.6 million, during a ...


Authorities in El Salvador announced Sunday, July 25 that they had seized 585 kilos of cocaine, worth $ 14.6 million, during an operation in the Pacific Ocean.

The drugs

"were transported by two Ecuadorians and a Colombian,"

Defense Minister René Francis Merino announced on Twitter.

To read also: "We are dealing with real capitalist companies": how drug trafficking adopted commercial practices

The cargo, bound for Guatemala, was transported on a boat intercepted 575 km south of the port of Acajutla, on the west coast of El Salvador. With this seizure,

"we demonstrate the commitment"

that El Salvador has

"to the international community

,

"

said René Francis Merino.

Source: lefigaro

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