{"id":46827,"date":"2025-09-10T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/1-4-tons-of-cocaine-found-floating-in-pacific-ocean-1000-miles-off-coast-of-el-salvador\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:01:17","slug":"1-4-tons-of-cocaine-found-floating-in-pacific-ocean-1000-miles-off-coast-of-el-salvador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/1-4-tons-of-cocaine-found-floating-in-pacific-ocean-1000-miles-off-coast-of-el-salvador\/","title":{"rendered":"1.4 tons of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles off coast of El Salvador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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of the seizure.<\/p>\n<p>The seizure comes as President Donald Trump has declared war on Latin American drug traffickers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/designation-of-international-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">designated cartels<\/a> foreign terrorist organizations.<\/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\/10\/2ef48117-aa99-4c87-9430-545e03051de2\/thumbnail\/620x349g8\/c29070c295c5a5dee127eeabe0313f87\/cocaine-g0co5wwxaaaypdn.jpg#\" alt=\"cocaine-g0co5wwxaaaypdn.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/10\/2ef48117-aa99-4c87-9430-545e03051de2\/thumbnail\/620x349g8\/c29070c295c5a5dee127eeabe0313f87\/cocaine-g0co5wwxaaaypdn.jpg 1x, 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class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Nuestra Marina Nacional vuelve a golpear al narcotr\u00e1fico internacional.<\/p>\n<p>A 900 millas n\u00e1uticas (1,667 km) al suroeste de la Bocana El Cordoncillo, Estero de Jaltepeque, ubicamos bultos con coca\u00edna flotando en altamar, que ser\u00edan recogidos posteriormente por estructuras\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4FSxgDFIUe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4FSxgDFIUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1965589460386804176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Trump has sent several warships towards <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-maduro-trump-military-standoff-drug-boat-christmas-troop-deployments\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Venezuela<\/a><\/span>, accusing the government of being part of the drug trade, and 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