El Salvador seizes 4.3 tonnes of cocaine in January operation

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Salvadoran authorities announced on Friday (Jan 17) they had seized 4.3 tonnes of cocaine in an operation conducted in early January.  Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado said the busted drugs were valued at over 100 million dollars.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Salvadoran authorities announced on Friday that they had seized 4.3 tons of cocaine in

00:06an operation conducted in early January.

00:08Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado said the busted drugs were valued at over $100 million.

00:14During the operation, which took place in international waters off the Salvadoran coast,

00:20four boats were seized and nine people of Colombian and Ecuadorian origins were detained.

00:25Delgado said El Salvador is determined to protect its sovereignty and its citizens

00:30against the corrupting influence of drug trafficking.

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