JIATF-S Works to Stem Flow of Drug Trafficking & Criminal Networks
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Volume 9
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JIATF-S Works to Stem Flow of Drug Trafficking & Criminal Networks
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The Joint Interagency Task Force South , or JIATF-S , is located within a naval air station on Key West , Florida . The task force , created nearly three decades ago , is composed of every branch of the U . S . military , U . S . federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies , and 15 partner nations .
The tip came to an FBI agent in New Orleans from a source there involved with a violent Honduran street gang : A large shipment of cocaine ultimately bound for the U . S . was about to leave Costa Rica destined for Honduras .
That information was relayed to FBI personnel at the Joint Interagency Task Force South ( JIATF- S ) in Key West , Florida , a multi-agency , international alliance whose mission is to cover 42 million square miles of territory primarily in Central and South America to stem the flow of illegal drugs and to disrupt and dismantle sophisticated narco-trafficking networks . Much of that work is carried out on the high seas .
The Honduran traffickers had set out from Limón , Costa Rica . Their “ go-fast ” boat — a small , low-profile vessel favored by smugglers — was packed with 300 kilos of cocaine and a cache of military-grade weapons , including M16 rifles and grenade launchers .
When intelligence sources confirmed that the 68