Latinska Amerika

*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com*This is the incredible moment the U.S. Coast Guard took out a drug smuggling boat's engine with a bullet. Footage shows warning shots strafing across the water in front of the fast-moving boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, before a marksman disabled the vessel's engine. It is thought that the warning shots from the helicopter would have been fired with a mounted M240 machine gun, while the disabling round would have come from a precision rifle. The scenes are among highlights of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton patrol boat as it returned to Coast Guard Island on 29 June after a 94-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. During the tour, The crew detected and interdicted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, detained 14 suspected drug smugglers and seized over 6,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated 3 million. The Stratton's advanced capabilities include a small unmanned aircraft system, an attached Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 helicopter and aircrew, and an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment from the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team. On June 27, Stratton's crew offloaded 3,720 pounds of marijuana seized in known drug-transit zones in early June by Coast Guard and U.S. Navy assets. The contraband and five suspected drug smugglers were transferred to the Department of Justice officials in San Diego for prosecution. Stratton's deployment began in late March as part of U.S. Southern Command's enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential National Security Objectives.Where: East Pacific OceanWhen: 09 Jul 2020Credit: USCG/Cover Images**Editorial use only*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com***

Ilegalni napadi

Val ameriških napadov na “narkočolne”: v tednu dni več kot deset mrtvih

*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com*This is the incredible moment the U.S. Coast Guard took out a drug smuggling boat's engine with a bullet. Footage shows warning shots strafing across the water in front of the fast-moving boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, before a marksman disabled the vessel's engine. It is thought that the warning shots from the helicopter would have been fired with a mounted M240 machine gun, while the disabling round would have come from a precision rifle. The scenes are among highlights of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton patrol boat as it returned to Coast Guard Island on 29 June after a 94-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. During the tour, The crew detected and interdicted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, detained 14 suspected drug smugglers and seized over 6,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated 3 million. The Stratton's advanced capabilities include a small unmanned aircraft system, an attached Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 helicopter and aircrew, and an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment from the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team. On June 27, Stratton's crew offloaded 3,720 pounds of marijuana seized in known drug-transit zones in early June by Coast Guard and U.S. Navy assets. The contraband and five suspected drug smugglers were transferred to the Department of Justice officials in San Diego for prosecution. Stratton's deployment began in late March as part of U.S. Southern Command's enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential National Security Objectives.Where: East Pacific OceanWhen: 09 Jul 2020Credit: USCG/Cover Images**Editorial use only*VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@covermg.com***

Boj proti mamilom

ZDA ubile pet ljudi v Pacifiku, trdijo, da so tihotapci mamil

Bolivian soldiers destroy coca plants as part of an eradication program of surplus coca leaf, as the country resumes operational cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after a 17-year absence, in a move that the government says is part of a broader, multinational strategy to combat organized crime, in Chimore, Chapare, Bolivia March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Morales

Latinska Amerika

Trump bi mamilarske kartele izkoreninil tudi z raketami

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the "Shield of the Americas" Summit in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Velika sprememba

Trump: Kuba je v zadnjih izdihljajih, poskrbel bom zanjo

This handout photograph from the U.S. Navy shows Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Michael Cordova directing an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP)

ZDA

Operacije brez dokazov? Sporni napadi ZDA v Karibih, tokrat trije mrtvi

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Manhattan United States Courthouse for an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz / Foto: Eduardo Munoz

Ameriški napad na Venezuelo

Hasta la vista*, Latinska Amerika

Ameriške posebne enote v Jordaniji / Foto: Profimedia

OZADJE

Delta Force: skrivnostna elitna enota ameriške vojske, ki je ujela Madura

A man from the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) group holds the Venezuelan flag outside the U.S. Embassy in London calling for "Hands off Venezuela!" after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in London, Britain, January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

pregled

Dolga zgodovina ameriških posegov v Latinski Ameriki, posrednih in neposrednih

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