Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration dealt a “major blow” to two Mexican drug cartels following the Coast Guard’s seizure of half a billion dollars’ worth of illicit drugs during recent deployments.
Bondi announced in Fort Everglades, Florida, on Wednesday that two Coast Guard cutters returning from deployments in the Eastern Pacific Ocean had intercepted $509 million worth of illegal drugs interdicted from smuggling boats near Ecuador, Peru, and the Galápagos Islands.
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“This is a textbook example of the Justice Department supporting the fight against violent crime,” Bondi said during a press conference staged in front of the ship. “We believe two cartels, [Jalisco New Generation] and Sinaloa, were heavily tied to these shipments. This is a major blow to their…
