Six Ecuadorians and three Guatemalans They were detained by the Navy of El Salvador with 1.4 tons of cocaine.
Of the six Ecuadorians detained in the Central American country, four of them are from Jaramijo.
The drugs they were transporting are reportedly valued at $37 million.
The arrest took place yesterday, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Salvadoran waters.
The authorities provided details about the seizure of 1,400 kilos of drugs, totaling $37 million, 490 nautical miles southwest of Bocana el Cordoncillo, Estero de Jaltepeque.
In total, six Ecuadorians and three Guatemalans were detained in the procedure. pic.twitter.com/dC311Mak56
— Noticiero El Salvador 🇸🇻 (@NoticieroSLV) March 27, 2024
The Ministry of Defense of El Salvador, through its X account, reported that this seizure was made in compliance with the second anniversary of the Exception Regime.
The graphics show the detainees with the drug stashes, while they are transferred in an El Salvador coast guard.
The moment in which they are disembarked in a port in the Central American country is also shown.
The photographs published by the Government of El Salvador were the evidence for the relatives of the four Jaramijó fishermen to identify them.
Ecuadorians, detained in El Salvador and other countries
According to the records of groups of relatives of detainees abroad, there are at least two thousand Ecuadorians detained in the United States, Central America and South American countries such as Colombia and Peru, linked to drug trafficking issues.
Carlos Carrión, secretary of the Association of Mothers and Wives of Fishermen Detained in other countries, which works together with the Esmeraldas Association, explained that unfortunately their relatives, due to their economic condition, have been used and recruited by drug traffickers.
Carrión even points out that there are fishermen who do not return because they are also murdered in other countries.