Ecuadorian police with support from the US seize 2 tons of cocaine that would be shipped in speedboats
The agents carried out an intervention in an area full of vegetation where they found several vehicles loaded with drugs.
The Ecuadorian Police reported on the seizure of two tons of drugs, presumably cocaine, that were found in the municipality of Jama, in an operation carried out in cooperation with the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Colonel John Cárdenas, police chief of Manabí, pointed out that the agents carried out an intervention in an area full of vegetation where they found "several vehicles allegedly used for activities related to illicit drug trafficking."
Among those vehicles they found 50 packages containing multiple rectangular packages with drugs, weighing approximately two tons.
The police chief indicated that, through investigations, they determined that the shipment was going to be shipped in speedboats "to maritime routes used by transnational criminal organizations for international drug trafficking."
Also, he highlighted that the operation demonstrated “the effectiveness of international cooperation mechanisms.”
The United States has become a key partner for Ecuador in the “war” that the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declared since the beginning of 2024 against criminal gangs, which he classified as “terrorists” for being the cause of the worst violence crisis in the country's history and dedicated mainly to drug trafficking and illegal mining.
Last March, both countries began joint military operations on Ecuadorian soil against these organizations, and later formalized the opening of the first FBI office in the Andean country.
Until the end of May, Ecuador had seized more than 70 tons of drugs, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.