{"id":55950,"date":"2025-11-12T11:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/13-tons-of-cocaine-bound-for-the-u-s-seized-from-ferry-in-pacific-panama-says\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:49:14","slug":"13-tons-of-cocaine-bound-for-the-u-s-seized-from-ferry-in-pacific-panama-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/13-tons-of-cocaine-bound-for-the-u-s-seized-from-ferry-in-pacific-panama-says\/","title":{"rendered":"13 tons of cocaine bound for the U.S. seized from ferry in Pacific, Panama says"},"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     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Panamanian authorities on Tuesday announced a large seizure of U.S.-bound <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/cocaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cocaine<\/a>\u00a0on a ferry in the Pacific, at a time Washington is upping an anti-drug military deployment in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Julio Villareal told reporters approximately 13.2 tons of drugs, &#8220;in this case cocaine,&#8221; were seized in an operation Monday, and 10 people arrested.<\/p>\n<p>It was one the biggest such hauls in Panamanian waters to date, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ7tPvRj8qR\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media post<\/a>, the prosecutor&#8217;s office released several images of the alleged drugs, saying that a total of 11,562 packages were seized.<\/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:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/12\/97f4843d-6d05-422c-bdf6-b8538fecab9f\/thumbnail\/620x378g8\/3209fb315a9af8aa1180ad0ef8a02293\/cocaine-screenshot-2025-11-12-061432.png#\" alt=\"cocaine-screenshot-2025-11-12-061432.png \" height=\"378\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/12\/97f4843d-6d05-422c-bdf6-b8538fecab9f\/thumbnail\/620x378g8\/3209fb315a9af8aa1180ad0ef8a02293\/cocaine-screenshot-2025-11-12-061432.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Panamanian authorities on Tuesday announced a large seizure of U.S.-bound cocaine on a ferry in the Pacific, at a time Washington is upping an anti-drug military deployment in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Panama Prosecutor&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Panama is a transit point for cocaine from South America, mainly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Colombia<\/a>, destined for the United States \u2014 the world&#8217;s largest consumer<\/p>\n<p>Villareal said Venezuelans, Ecuadorans and Nicaraguans were among those detained on the ferry, which had set out from Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Panama in 2023 seized a total of 119 metric tons of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Latin American countries have been keen to show off anti-narcotics efforts as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-pacific-kill-6-narco-terrorists-hegseth\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. strikes on alleged drug-ferrying boats<\/a><\/span> have claimed at least 76 lives so far in the Caribbean and Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>Washington said its military deployment in the region is part of an anti-drug campaign, but Venezuela in particular fears it is all a ploy to get rid of its president, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-power-60-minutes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/read-full-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">When asked<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in an interview with &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; recently if Maduro&#8217;s &#8220;days were numbered,&#8221; Mr. Trump responded, &#8220;I would say yeah. I think so, yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Recent drug seizures on the high seas<\/h2>\n<p>Large amounts of drugs have also been confiscated from boats in other parts of the world in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In October, police in Spain said that they <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-seized-boat-canary-islands-spain-tip-us-dea\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">seized 6.5 tons of cocaine<\/a><\/span> and arrested nine people after a U.S. tip-off led them to raid a ship off the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p>That same month, U.S. Central Command confirmed that a Pakistani navy ship seized narcotics\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drugs-nearly-1-billion-seized-sailboats-arabian-sea\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">worth more than $972<\/a><\/span>\u00a0million from sailboats in the Arabian Sea. <\/p>\n<p>In September, the French navy seized nearly\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/french-navy-seizes-cocaine-fishing-boat-coast-west-africa\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">10 tons of cocaine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the U.S. Coast Guard seized roughly\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-fishing-boat-atlantic-us-coast-guard-seizes-10000-pounds\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">10,000 pounds of cocaine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from a fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean. 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