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Coast Guard hurt drug interdiction by focusing on migrants, GAO says

The U.S. Coast Guard failed to meet drug interdiction goals from fiscal 2015 to 2024, the Government Accountability Office ...
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Coast Guard drug chases can run for miles, and they don't always end how they expect

Coast Guard personnel have set procedures to follow when they're boarding suspected drug boats. Not every interdiction plays out the way they think it will, prompting changes in the moment. Weather, ...
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Stopping drug smugglers at sea takes precision, not luck. Here's the Coast Guard's playbook.

USCG TACLET SOUTH OPA-LOCKA, Florida — At a time when a new war on drugs is brewing in the Caribbean, Business Insider grabbed a front-row seat as the Coast Guard trained to take down drug smugglers ...
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How did the US patrol the Caribbean for drug smuggling before strikes?

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline “Q&A: How Did the U.S. Patrol the ...
The Lima News

Trump, Coast Guard disagree if stopping drug boats works

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House on Oct. 23 in Washington. MIAMI — In justifying American ...
The New York Times

Even as U.S. Blows Up Boats, Coast Guard Captures Others at Sea

Cutters are still stopping smugglers and seizing drugs, but the prosecutions of go-fast boat crews are dwindling in a realignment of federal resources. For the most part, people captured by the Coast ...
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This wild-looking drone hunting drug runners at night helped the US Coast Guard seize a record-breaking cocaine haul

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