# US forces sink vessel ‘linked to Ecuador criminal gang’

https://mins.news/en/item/50418

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-08 21:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/8/us-forces-sink-vessel-linked-to-ecuador-criminal?traffic_source=rss

> The US military says it intercepted and sank a floating refueling station in the eastern Pacific allegedly linked to drug trafficking by Ecuador’s Los Choneros criminal gang. People aboard were removed and will be transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.

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