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2025-12-06 Caribbean-Latin America

Coast Guard helicopter sniper takes out narco-boat engines in stunning exclusive video

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-06 01:33|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1794 views ] Top
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1 Should have used the other gun.

Posted by chris 2025-12-06 06:18|| 2025-12-06 06:18|| Front Page Top

2 Triple Tap

Posted by Warthog 2025-12-06 06:58|| 2025-12-06 06:58|| Front Page Top

3 I would like to see these folks taken to GITMO or at least outside of the purview of crazy Fed judges.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-06 09:52|| 2025-12-06 09:52|| Front Page Top

4 why do all that? Leave them where they lay.

Posted by chris 2025-12-06 10:25|| 2025-12-06 10:25|| Front Page Top

5 ^ So, you would like the Coast Guard to disable the engine weed and just leave the boat DIW until the traffickers tow it back to Venezuela?

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-06 10:40|| 2025-12-06 10:40|| Front Page Top

6 The US Coast Guard is primarily a Policing organization so the 'less than lethal' approach is appropriate. On the other hand the Military's role is to prioritize the safety of their soldiers over that of the enemy's -- shoot first and shoot often.

Posted by magpie 2025-12-06 12:10|| 2025-12-06 12:10|| Front Page Top

7 Could leave Bad Bunny on their boat for company, roll cameras.

Telling ya, we are putting together a superior half-time show.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-12-06 13:02|| 2025-12-06 13:02|| Front Page Top

8 Disablement leaves captive operators, who may become talkative.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-06 13:55|| 2025-12-06 13:55|| Front Page Top

9 The AQ folks knew that they could droned or captured because they were members of a designated terrorist organization. If you are on a go fast boat leaving Venezuela after somebody observed the boat being loaded, you should expect one of the two outcomes. If it’s the Coast Guard chasing, maybe you try to outrun them, if you get hailed on the bridge to bridge by the Navy, kill your engines.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-06 14:16|| 2025-12-06 14:16|| Front Page Top

10 Concern Trolls are out.

Zapping drug boats is totally going to spike maritime insurance rates you guys.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-12-06 16:01|| 2025-12-06 16:01|| Front Page Top

11 re#5 nah let them drown

Posted by chris 2025-12-06 16:06|| 2025-12-06 16:06|| Front Page Top

12 leave the boat DIW until the traffickers tow it back to Venezuela?

It would be curious who would render aid.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-12-06 16:11|| 2025-12-06 16:11|| Front Page Top

13 Hunter Biden benefactor Kevin Morris?

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-06 18:30|| 2025-12-06 18:30|| Front Page Top

14 Based on the double-tap episode, the cartel must have their own version of at-sea AAA service. The folks that escaped climbed back aboard to salvage product. Nobody does that unless they expect the cartel to rescue them.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-06 22:06|| 2025-12-06 22:06|| Front Page Top

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