The Guardian – Six boats among impounded assets worth at least $100m off country’s south-west coast, navy says, after arresting 23 people
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Mexican navy finds 3.5 tonnes of drugs inside ‘narco submarine’
The Independent – The Mexican Navy has seized more than 3.5 tonnes of drugs from a ‘narco submarine’.
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Inside the Elite Mexican Marine Corps That Recaptured ‘El Chapo’
– Time – The recapture of Guzman is the latest and most important in a series of major busts and takedowns by the Mexican marines who, trained by the U.S. military and working closely with American agents, have become an elite force in the nation’s drug war.
Mexican Navy – DEA intelligence aids Mexican marines in drug war
– Washington Post – The U.S. government is turning to elite units of Mexican marines to go after drug cartel bosses in aggressive “capture or kill” missions, providing intelligence and training to bolster what officials say is Mexico’s most trustworthy and nimble force.
Mexican Navy – Mexican navy finds suspected drugs in makeshift submarine
AFP – The Mexican navy has intercepted a home-made submarine with a suspected drug shipment in Pacific waters, 15 kilometers (10 miles) off the coast of Oaxaca state.
Los Angeles Times – Submarine, homemade and cocaine-laden, is seized off Mexico.
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Mexican Navy – Mexican marines were prepared to do more
San Jose Mercury News – A look at the Mexican contribution to Gulf Coast relief operations.
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