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Caribbean-Latin America
US warship seizes Venezuelan vessel in southwestern Pacific
2020-04-30
[ALMASDARNEWS] A U.S. naval warship seized a Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
n vessel that was sailing in the southwestern Pacific this week, the U.S. Coast Guard reported on Tuesday.

According to a tweet from the Coast Guard, their ship seized a Venezuelan fishing vessel over suspicions that it was taking part in the illegal narcotics trade.

The Venezuelan vessel was reportedly sailing in the Pacific when the U.S. Coast approached the boat near El Salvador’s territorial waters.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Prolly a "Fishing boat" that doesn't fish on its way to Mexican waters. We board and inspect all of those
Posted by: Frank G   2020-04-30 17:40  

#7  Yeah, my first thought was like Java. Still strange location as TW points out.

I wonder if there was a defector on-board.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-04-30 15:51  

#6   WestPac was Asia, not El Salvador.

Looking at a map — geography is not my strength — it appears a ship from Venezuela would have to transit the Panama canal to get to the Pacific side of South America. Possibly it did, or possibly it is just registered there. But really, why is a Venezuelan fishing boat wandering the Pacific at all?
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-04-30 15:47  

#5  Just trying to get the geography straight.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-04-30 14:35  

#4  Excuse me, but IIRC, when my dad was in the Navy many years ago, WestPac was Asia, not El Salvador. When you talk about southwestern Pacific, I think about places like Indonesia and Australia. When I read the headline and saw Venezuela I jumped to the conclusion that China and fentanyl were involved. But when you talk about El Salvador that's a whole other thing, most likely ordinary tootsky.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-04-30 14:34  

#3  Perhaps they were filling the void left by Carnival and Norwegian.
Posted by: bbrewer126    2020-04-30 11:31  

#2  Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. So, in international waters. O.k. That makes it hunky dory.
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-30 09:08  

#1  Shit show incoming along with fiery speeches of America drowning in imperialist blood... or something.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-04-30 09:03  

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