# US sinks another ‘floating refueling station’ linked to ‘narco-terrorist’ group

https://mins.news/en/item/51134

- Fox News, 2026-09-09 10:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-military-sinks-narco-refueling-station-los-choneros

> U.S. Southern Command said U.S. forces intercepted and sank another vessel in the Eastern Pacific that was supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking. Intelligence linked it to Los Choneros, a violent Ecuador-based narco-terrorist organization; people removed from the vessel were transferred to Ecuadorian authorities.

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