A sinking self-propelled semi-submersible vessel was interdicted in the Western Caribbean Sea March 30, 2012 by the crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive, Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island, Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), and the Honduran Navy. (Source:. U.S. Coast Guard)
Coast Guard Stops 30th Drug Sub -- McClatchy News
MIAMI — When reports first surfaced in the 1990s of boat builders making submarines for cocaine smugglers in the jungles of Colombia, U.S. law enforcement regarded it as a comic curiosity. Today, with the disclosure that the U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted its 30th semi-submersible in less than six years, it's now a troubling tactic.
The Coast Guard said in a news release Wednesday that two of its cutters, the Decisive and Pea Island, chased down a sub on March 30 in the Western Caribbean. It credited collaboration with the Honduran Navy.
The Coast Guard also released an eerie photo - the bow of the sub, painted with shark's teeth - disappearing beneath the surface.
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My Comment: The U.S. Coast Guard has been able to stop 30 subs in 6 years .... makes you wonder on how many were successful in getting to the U.S..
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