Coast Guard’s third drug offload in South Florida in 2025
US Attorney General Pamla Bondi announced the seizure of an estimated $510 million in illegal drug shipments on ships bound for the United States, highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat complex drug cartel networks.
Efforts of the naval crews
During a press conference at a South Florida port, Bondi stood in front of a U.S. Coast Guard vessel and piles of confiscated drugs, praising the efforts of the naval crews who intercepted the shipments, which she described as having “saved countless American lives.”
Mexican cartels were behind the shipment
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“This is a textbook example of the Justice Department supporting the fight against violent crime. These drugs are worth over half a billion dollars. Almost 45,000 pounds of cocaine, pure cocaine, uncut, and 3,800 pounds of marijuana. Congratulations again to the Coast Guard, you have done admirable work,” Bondi said.The attorney general said the crews used drones, aircraft and ships to interdict the suspected traffickers off the coasts of Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.she added
 A major blow
She emphasized Bondi said the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa drug-trafficking cartels were heavily tied to these shipments.This is a major blow to their financial operations and their efforts to distribute drugs throughout our country,” she said. “It’s an example of a prosecutor-led, intelligence driven, approach to stopping these criminal enterprises in their tracks.”
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Thirty four suspected smugglers
On March 20,the USCG offloaded nearly 46,000 pounds of seized illegal drugs seized in 14 interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean by the crews of U.S. Coast Guard cutters Stone and Mohawk. Thirty four suspected smugglers were taken into custody during the interdictions.
The drugs were worth more than $517.5 million.
On March 6, more than 12,000 pounds of cocaine valued at more then $141 million were brought to the Coast Guard Station in Miami Beach. The USCG said they confiscated the drugs in open waters over the last two months by using planes, thermal imaging and speed boats. More than a dozen suspected smugglers were detained in the six interdictions.
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FBI Director Kash Patel, who attended the conference with Bondi, said the Trump administration designated these cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations” last February as part of an escalating pressure campaign against smuggling networks operating in Latin America and penetrating U.S. borders.
