Submarine, homemade and cocaine-laden, is seized off Mexico
The nation's drug wars sank to new depths Wednesday as the Mexican navy announced it had seized a submarine that was transporting cocaine off the southern coast.
The navy intercepted the 33-foot vessel about 125 miles south of Puerto de Salina Cruz in Oaxaca state.
Jose Luis Vergara, a navy spokesman, said in a radio interview that special forces waited until the vessel surfaced before rappelling from helicopters and overpowering the four-man crew.
Read more about the drug trafficker's submarine here.
See the latest on Mexico's drug trade here.
-- Deborah Bonello in Los Angeles
Photo: Mexican navy sailors ride on top of a seized drug smuggling submarine as it was being towed by a navy ship off the coast of the Pacific resort city of Huatulco, Mexico. Credit: Miguel Angel Tovar / Associated Press
What a waste! Can you imagine building a submarine? Or a miles-long tunnel under the border? Instead of arresting these geniuses, the Mexican government should HIRE them; maybe they could figure out how to pull the country out of poverty.
Posted by: Rita | July 20, 2008 at 08:52 AM