Venezuela. The Shifting Tides of Drug Trafficking on Venezuela’s Margarita Island
Venezuela. The Shifting Tides of Drug Trafficking on Venezuela’s Margarita Island
The small fishing vessel Sedna set sail as usual on the morning of June 3 from Punta Arenas, one of the docks on Venezuela’s Margarita Island in the Caribbean.
Five days later, the fishermen reported to their families that they were adrift after an engine failure. Then all contact was lost.
On land, fears grew that the sailors had been swallowed by the sea. But they had met a different fate. Weeks later, their relatives discovered that the Sedna had been intercepted by the US Coast Guard during an operation that seized 1 ton of cocaine and 1.5 tons of marijuana from several boats, including theirs. (InSight Crime - Venezuela Investigative Unit, USA, 12.11.2025)
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