Mexico (AFP) - The Mexican Navy and the United States Coast Guard seized several tons of cocaine in an unusual "coordinated operation" in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican Navy Secretariat reported this Wednesday.
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The joint deployment occurs amid tensions between both countries following warnings from US President Donald Trump to attack drug trafficking cartels by land and after bombings by Washington against boats supposedly used to transport drugs in the Caribbean.
The operation was carried out "under the framework of bilateral cooperation" and "beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone", that is, outside the territorial waters of Mexico, the Mexican Navy detailed in a statement.
"Approximately 188 packages representing several tons of suspected cocaine were seized," he indicated, adding that they were found on a boat that was sailing west of Clarión Island, about 1,100 kilometers from the port of Manzanillo, in the state of Colima.
The Navy also reported the arrest of several people, but did not specify their number.
President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that she will not allow the entry of United States military personnel to act in security operations in Mexico, despite the fact that her American counterpart, Donald Trump, has insisted on the participation of his country's security forces in Mexican territory.
The Republican president has threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico as a coercive measure to increase arrests and seizures of narcotics, while at the same time the review of the trade agreement that the two nations have with Canada is being carried out.
Sheinbaum assured, for his part, that his government has no reports of the presence of drones from criminal groups on the border with the United States.
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