Sailors charged for carrying almost a ton of cocaine off the coast of Mexico

The U.S., Mexican and Canadian militaries announced joint operations off the coast of Mexico in the days before an aircraft saw the 30-foot vessel

Seven people hauling nearly a ton of cocaine in a boat off the coast of Mexico are facing federal charges, according to a complaint filed on PACER April 12.

A patrol aircraft detected the 30-foot vessel almost 300 nautical miles southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, according to the complaint. It was allegedly traveling about 40 mph in a “known drug trafficking…