Una operaci\u00f3n antidroga realizada por Estados Unidos permiti\u00f3 interceptar una embarcaci\u00f3n semisumergible a cientos de kil\u00f3metros de la costa de El Salvador e incautar 8 toneladas de coca\u00edna por un valor de cientos de millones de d\u00f3lares. La incautaci\u00f3n es un notable logro de los esfuerzos estadounidenses por detener el narcotr\u00e1fico en el istmo centroamericano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seg\u00fan un comunicado oficial<\/a>, la marina, la guardia costera y la Oficina de Aduanas y Protecci\u00f3n Fronteriza de Estados Unidos participaron conjuntamente en la operaci\u00f3n que tuvo lugar el 18 de julio. La interceptaci\u00f3n se produjo en aguas internacionales a cientos de kil\u00f3metros de la costa Pac\u00edfica de El Salvador, despu\u00e9s de que una patrulla a\u00e9rea estadounidense identificara la nave semisumergible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El punto de origen de la nave y su lugar de destino se desconocen hasta el momento. Sin embargo, se sospecha que el destino final de la embarcaci\u00f3n era Estados Unidos. Cuatro hombres fueron capturados a bordo, pero las autoridades no han divulgado sus nacionalidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El patrullaje se estaba realizando como parte de la Operaci\u00f3n Martillo<\/a>, dirigida por Estados Unidos , un esfuerzo internacional puesto en marcha en 2012 para interrumpir las rutas del narcotr\u00e1fico a lo largo del istmo centroamericano. Esta operaci\u00f3n ha sido exitosa<\/a> en su labor de interceptar cargamentos mar\u00edtimos de drogas antes de que lleguen a costas estadounidenses o incluso a Centroam\u00e9rica, donde los cargamentos son usualmente fraccionados para ser llevados hacia el norte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Esta reciente incautaci\u00f3n destaca la importancia del permanente apoyo t\u00e9cnico y operativo de Estados Unidos con el fin de frenar el tr\u00e1fico de drogas en Centroam\u00e9rica. Si bien las autoridades de El Salvador han intentado responder al aumento del uso de rutas de tr\u00e1fico mar\u00edtimas<\/a>, limitaciones t\u00e9cnicas y operacionales les dificultan interceptar cargamentos que viajan a m\u00e1s de 20 millas de la costa. La mayor parte de las rutas del narcotr\u00e1fico mar\u00edtimo en el Pac\u00edfico Oriental pasan a 200 o 400 millas de la costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aunque el lugar de origen de la nave capturada no se conoce todav\u00eda, en su mayor parte la Operaci\u00f3n Martillo fue dise\u00f1ada para interceptar el tr\u00e1fico de drogas que se origina en la costa Pac\u00edfica colombiana. La marina de Colombia ha estado adelantando una ardua lucha para detener el uso de sofisticados buques sumergibles<\/a> por parte de narcotraficantes que tratan de impedir ser detectados. Estados Unidos ha estado siguiendo e interceptando narcosubmarinos<\/a> en el Caribe y el Pac\u00edfico desde mediados de la d\u00e9cada pasada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Una operaci\u00f3n antidroga realizada por Estados Unidos permiti\u00f3 interceptar una embarcaci\u00f3n semisumergible a cientos de kil\u00f3metros de la costa de El Salvador e incautar 8 toneladas de coca\u00edna por un valor de cientos de millones de d\u00f3lares. 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