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Guatemalan, U.S.
Military Forces
Detain Submarine With 10 Tons Of Cocaine
GUATEMALA - The air
force of Guatemala and the U.S. Navy had
detained a submarine with a load of 10 tons
of cocaine, local media reported on
Thursday.
The submarine, directed by three Colombian
and one Mexican citizens, was detained on
Wednesday at some 180 nautical miles (around
330 kilometers) off Puerto Quetzal in the
southern department of Escuintla, the
Guatemalan Interior Ministry said.
The commercial value of the cocaine was at 1
billion quetzals (some 120 million U.S.
dollars). This has been the first detention
of a submarine loaded with drugs in
Guatemalan territory.
Guatemalan ships from the Naval Base of the
Pacific saw the submarine and requested
backup from the U.S. Navy and the Guatemalan
air force, the ministry said.
Guatemalan authorities said the submarine
aimed to arrive in Guatemala and then in
Mexico and the United States would be its
final destination.
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