Manzanillo, Colima: Navy Seizes Boats With 4,400 Liters Of Fuel

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Personnel assigned to the Sixth Naval Region, belonging to the Secretary of the Navy, arrested six people, seizing two smaller vessels with approximately 4,400 liters of fuel, approximately 332 nautical miles (614.8 kilometers) southwest of the Manzanillo coast, Colima.

This action was carried out when personnel from that Naval Command and the Pacific Naval Force, on board the Long Range Ocean Patrol (POLA) and an aircraft of this Institution, detected two smaller vessels with three outboard motors, transporting fuel drums and three crew members in each, who apparently were not carrying out fishing activities, which caused suspicion of carrying out an alleged illegal activity.

Due to the foregoing, Marine Infantry personnel carried out an insertion to inspect both vessels, resulting in the fact that neither crew had the documentation of legal possession of the fuel they were transporting, for which the six crew members were detained, their rights were read.

It is worth mentioning that this maritime surveillance operation was carried out under the trinomial operational concept (ship-helicopter-interceptor), using state-of-the-art technologies.  In this context, the six alleged transgressors of the law, the fuel and the boats were made available to the Attorney General of the Republic, for the integration of the corresponding investigation folder.

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