U.S. authorities seized 636 kilograms (approximately 1,402 pounds) of cocaine in a multi-national operation that led to the interdiction of an illicit aircraft transporting the narcotics.
The Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South was one of the agencies involved in the operation. It coordinated with partners from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama to intercept the aircraft, the JIATF South said in a May 20 post on X.
Surveillance on the aircraft was maintained across Central America, with Mexican ground forces seizing the narcotics.
Images shared with the X post show law enforcement personnel posing with the captured aircraft and the seized drugs. The roughly 636 kilos of cocaine have an estimated street value of around $76 million….