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Officials did not indicate why the boat was on fire.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/9ea9b4a9-b5ef-4800-85cd-15dcff1edc09\/thumbnail\/620x465g2\/12e55de87f4a9ca8a9fefe6c69847817\/vessel.jpg#\" alt=\"vessel.jpg \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/9ea9b4a9-b5ef-4800-85cd-15dcff1edc09\/thumbnail\/620x465g2\/12e55de87f4a9ca8a9fefe6c69847817\/vessel.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/9ea9b4a9-b5ef-4800-85cd-15dcff1edc09\/thumbnail\/1240x930g2\/ee49782dbaa123444ba99b8e3e7c3926\/vessel.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The U.S. Coast Guard says this image shows them keeping watch over a burning vessel that was interdicted in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 16, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Coast Guard<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Counter-drug operations have also been heightened in the Caribbean Sea, where the U.S. military recently carried out a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-drug-boat-us-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;lethal strike&#8221;<\/a><\/span> on a drug-carrying boat hailing from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard interceptions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea recently resulted in a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/coast-guard-offload-76000-pounds-cocaine-port-everglades\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">record cocaine haul<\/a><\/span> that had &#8220;enough to fatally overdose the entire population of Florida,&#8221; the Coast Guard said. In that haul, the Coast Guard last week offloaded over 38 tons of cocaine and marijuana in Fort Lauderdale \u2014 the largest cocaine offload in Coast Guard history, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard says that with Operation Pacific Viper, it is coordinating with international and interagency partners to have assets like cutters, aircraft and tactical teams disrupt illicit drug shipments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/040e90e6-1af6-48ac-8931-6e71964d5476\/thumbnail\/620x465\/157894cfb40ddc2747c1937421025e79\/coast-guard-250626-g-g0107-1002.jpg#\" alt=\"Coast Guard achieves historic milestone with offload over 76,140 lbs. in illegal narcotics at Port Everglades \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/040e90e6-1af6-48ac-8931-6e71964d5476\/thumbnail\/620x465\/157894cfb40ddc2747c1937421025e79\/coast-guard-250626-g-g0107-1002.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/040e90e6-1af6-48ac-8931-6e71964d5476\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/7aacc8519f8a30b5160d2c29c0690f64\/coast-guard-250626-g-g0107-1002.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) boarding team interdicting two go-fast vessels suspected of drug smuggling approximately 115 miles southeast of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June 26, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Coast Guard photo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/john-maclauchlan\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">John  MacLauchlan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/sarah-lynch-baldwin\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sarah  Lynch Baldwin<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. 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