On September 15, local time, the US Southern Command said that under its command, the “Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force” successfully intercepted an “offshore gas station” ship supporting “illegal maritime drug trafficking activities” in the Eastern Pacific. The US Southern Command said, “Intelligence has confirmed that the ship is linked to a violent drug terrorist organization, and those taken away from the ship will be handed over to the Ecuadorian authorities.” After completing an inventory of the ship and getting the crew off the ship, the US military sank the ship. The US Southern Command announced the launch of the “Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force” on August 4 to replace the “Spear of the South” joint task force of the US military against so-called “drug terrorists.”

On September 15, local time, the US Southern Command said that under its command, the “Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force” successfully intercepted an “offshore gas station” ship supporting “illegal maritime drug trafficking activities” in the Eastern Pacific. The US Southern Command said, “Intelligence has confirmed that the ship is linked to a violent drug terrorist organization, and those taken away from the ship will be handed over to the Ecuadorian authorities.” After completing an inventory of the ship and getting the crew off the ship, the US military sank the ship. The US Southern Command announced the launch of the “Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force” on August 4 to replace the “Spear of the South” joint task force of the US military against so-called “drug terrorists.”