Cyberzenhub.com – The US Treasury sanctions Ecuador to US cocaine trafficking network announcement landed Thursday, when the department named 15 individuals tied to an alleged pipeline moving thousands of kilograms of cocaine each month from Ecuadorian waters through Mexico and into American markets. The move underscores the Trump administration’s broader push to intensify joint counter-narcotics operations across Latin America, a campaign that has already seen more than 200 fishermen killed in the Caribbean and Pacific as U.S. forces ramp up interdiction activity.

According to the Treasury Department, the sanctioned individuals operate under the cover of legitimate fishing businesses. A fleet of Ecuador-based vessels stationed near the port city of Manta allegedly transfers cocaine to small power boats — commonly called “go-fast” vessels — which then transit northward through the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPAC) toward the United States. Once the cargo reaches Mexican waters, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de…