In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the ...

Panama’s Pacific waters became the stage for one of the largest drug busts in recent history on November 11, 2025, when ...

Panamanian authorities on Tuesday announced a large seizure of U.S.-bound cocaine on a ferry in the Pacific, at a time ...

Specialized tactics were part of the push. The Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) hit its 1,000th drug interdiction during the year — an operation that seized roughly ...