🇺🇸🇪🇨🌎⚡️- Under the direction of SOUTHCOM commander General Francis L. Donovan and the Government of Ecuador, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere “interdicted a vessel operating as a floating refueling station in support of illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in international waters of the Eastern Pacific.” U.S. Sailors and Marines interdicted, boarded, and searched the vessel, and escorted the individuals aboard back to Ecuador without incident. Once cleared, U.S. forces obliterated the vessel.