Salvadoran Navy seizes 4.3 tons of cocaine in international waters

On the third ship, located 850 nautical miles (1,570 km) away, two Ecuadorians were transporting 599 kg of cocaine, worth $14.9 million, he added. Finally, three Ecuadorians were arrested on board a final boat, intercepted at a similar distance and carrying 626 kg of the same drug, estimated at $15.6 million.

The Salvadoran Navy regularly makes seizures at sea.

The Central American countries are a crossing point for drugs coming from South America, mainly Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, to the United States, the world’s largest consumer of cocaine.