U.S. forces, working with Ecuador, intercepted and sank a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that allegedly served as a floating refueling station for drug traffickers linked to the Los Choneros cartel.

Intelligence summary

U.S. forces, working with Ecuador, intercepted and sank a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that allegedly served as a floating refueling station for drug traffickers linked to the Los Choneros cartel. The crew was transferred to Ecuadorian authorities, while the U.S. military said the operation disrupted a key logistics node in the cartel’s trafficking network.