# Mexico seizes drug submarine **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643 "2008-07-17T10:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jared/32/4976_2.png) [@Jared](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jared)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/1 "2008-07-17T10:55:59Z")
Mexico seizes drug submarine in Pacific Thu Jul 17, 1:18 AM ET HUATULCO, Mexico (AP) - Mexico’s navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast on Wednesday and arrested its four-man crew. Similar vessels carrying cocaine have been discovered off Colombia and Central America, but navy spokesman Capt. Benjamin Mar said the seizure is a first for Mexico. The 30-foot makeshift submarine was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, Mar said. The green-topped, arrowhead-shaped vessel was intercepted when it surfaced hours later, and the crew was taken into custody without resistance. The suspects were flown by helicopter to the city of Huatulco, where they told reporters they left the Colombian coastal town of Buenaventura a week ago. The crew members said they were fishermen forced to make the journey by drug traffickers who threatened to harm their families. “We didn’t know what was on board because we never saw it. It was sealed,” said one of the four, Jose Felix Enriquez. The navy said in a statement that the sub was apparently packed with cocaine, but authorities were still determining how much was on board. Colombia’s drug cartels have been known to use home-built submarines to smuggle large amounts of cocaine past U.S. and Colombian patrol boats to Central America en route to the United States. Colombian authorities have discovered at least nine such vessels over the past three years. Last August, U.S. forces intercepted a submarine-like vessel packed with tons of cocaine off the coast of Guatemala. ---
**Author:** ![Jared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jared/32/4976_2.png) [@Jared](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jared)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/2 "2008-07-17T10:57:05Z")
![http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-07/41058948.jpg](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-07/41058948.jpg) > **[Cocaine-laden sub seized off Mexico](http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/17/world/fg-mexico17)** > > The nation's drug wars sank to new depths Wednesday as the Mexican navy announced it had seized a submarine that was transporting cocaine off the southern coast.The navy intercepted the 33-foot... ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/3 "2008-07-17T11:00:51Z")
word. wonder how much was on the vessel? ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/4 "2008-07-17T11:04:54Z")
lol they got smart ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/5 "2008-07-17T11:52:23Z")
nice work considering its probably just built to be used once or twice ![http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-11/33648896.jpg](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-11/33648896.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/6 "2008-07-17T11:54:17Z")
so whats next, the mexicans using it to sneak into the US? ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/7 "2008-07-17T11:59:41Z")
I sorta want one… A submarine not a mexican… Well maybe i could use some mexicans too… ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/8 "2008-07-17T12:01:22Z")
lol, a GF would be more fun than a mexican, i didnt realize you were that lonely ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/9 "2008-07-17T12:02:36Z")
> [@RobHimself](#): > > I sorta want one… > > A submarine not a mexican… > > Well maybe i could use some mexicans too… ofcoarse, we all need work to be done around the house. ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/10 "2008-07-17T12:23:20Z")
damn. amazing. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/11 "2008-07-17T12:27:45Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > ofcoarse, we all need work to be done around the house. Dude just put adam in a sombrero its the same. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/12 "2008-07-17T13:10:54Z")
I learned 2 things from this 1. Mexico has a navy 2. Mexicans do more than learn to weld cars in shop class ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/13 "2008-07-17T13:30:01Z")
Seriously WTF does Mexico have a navy for. Who would invade that place? ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/14 "2008-07-17T13:48:26Z")
I guess they really do have a navy. This gunship is anything to be scared about though. ![http://www.adelia-sails.com/Captains%20log/Mexican%20Navy.jpg](http://www.adelia-sails.com/Captains%20log/Mexican%20Navy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/15 "2008-07-17T13:49:41Z")
I think I see them drinking coronas on the back there. ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/16 "2008-07-17T13:52:25Z")
This must be their good stuff. ![http://i.pbase.com/u16/sdpaul/large/39064679.tn_ManzanilloMexicanNavyShips4_4x6.jpg](http://i.pbase.com/u16/sdpaul/large/39064679.tn_ManzanilloMexicanNavyShips4_4x6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mexico-seizes-drug-submarine/51643/17 "2008-07-17T13:56:54Z")
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