U.S. Coast Guard says a national from the Dominican Republic has died after it opened fire on a boat carrying $11 million worth of cocaine that was trying to flee from authorities in the Caribbean Sea.
The Coast Guard eventually caught up with the boat and took two other suspected smugglers into custody – who now await federal prosecution – along with 385 kilograms (850 pounds) of cocaine.
The incident began on Jan. 1, when a "U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed aboard a U.S. Navy ship in the Caribbean Sea for a counter drug patrol identified a vessel suspected of smuggling narcotics and attempted to stop the vessel," the agency said.
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