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Operation Pacific Viper: Coast Guard Vaporizes
Drug Boat, Seizes Tons of Cocaine

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Posted By: JoElla Bee, 9/9/2025 11:39:16 PM

The Department of Homeland Security announced on social media Tuesday that the Coast Guard had made a drug boat go boom, and that they had seized 13,000 pounds of illegal drugs and apprehended seven alleged smugglers.[snip] Alongside partners and allies, our maritime fighting force is surging to the Eastern Pacific, disrupting cartels, and keeping illicit drugs out of American communities. We are bringing every capability to bear to secure U.S. borders and maritime approaches. This is where defense of America begins.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: sunset 9/10/2025 12:16:18 AM (No. 2001568)
These smugglers are facing 10 years to life in American prisons. Trinadad & Tobago have smuggling sentences of 25 years to life. Heavier minimum sentences than US are also handed out in Jamaica, Barbados, and Dominican Republic. Seems since these smugglers are captured operating stateless unregistered vessels in international waters, any nation could charge the criminals and lock them up.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: caljeepgirl 9/10/2025 12:19:35 AM (No. 2001569)
What I want to know is why haven't we been doing this all along? Or maybe we have? but just not publicizing it? If not, why not?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: thefield 9/10/2025 12:52:16 AM (No. 2001577)
They didn't do that under joe. What would hunter say?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: sunset 9/10/2025 1:19:55 AM (No. 2001579)
Hunter would say he needs a new boat.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: thefield 9/10/2025 1:25:23 AM (No. 2001581)
Too bad they took them of the boat first. Message would have been more clearer if they went down with the ship.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jalo1951 9/10/2025 1:26:02 AM (No. 2001582)
I have no doubt that FJB's son is offering thoughts and prayers for those poor boat runners. They were just trying to get Hunter's order delivered. So it appears we picked up the smuggler's. Just blow them up. Saves all that time trying to deal with the dems wanting to visit and picnic with the real victims.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: slsusnr 9/10/2025 3:55:51 AM (No. 2001596)
#2, They have been at this for a long time. My daughter was on the USCGC SHERMAN when they stopped and boarded a Panamanian freighter and seized nearly 20 TONS cocaine.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 9/10/2025 8:04:08 AM (No. 2001663)
Oh the horror! What if these boats are just Venezuelan pleasure cruises visiting the islands? Rand Paul suggested that we may be killing innocent tourists.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 9/10/2025 9:11:56 AM (No. 2001711)
From the looks of that video. as long as it took to light up that boat, those Coasties need more trigger time.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mobyclik 9/10/2025 9:43:39 AM (No. 2001735)
You can bet those Coasties were enjoying the hell out of this. Getting to blow things up and machine gunning the rest. Life is good on the water.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 9/10/2025 10:15:41 AM (No. 2001762)
Yep, happens all the time. This is news only because it's on the heels of the recent drone strike that has appetites whetted for such video. The sinking of the vessel is also standard procedure - if left afloat and abandoned it becomes what's known as a hazard to navigation.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: padiva 9/10/2025 11:18:17 AM (No. 2001805)
#1, perhaps the criminals will go to the country with the lowest cost to incarcerate.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: danu 9/10/2025 12:22:34 PM (No. 2001837)
punter facing pangs of withdrawal?
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