Inside Seized Drug-Smuggling Submarines

narcotics trafficking submarine
Luca Zanetti

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A porthole view from the submarine captured in February. Colombian Navy Lieutenant Fernando Monroy, a submariner who piloted the drug sub to the Pacific-coast Navy base at Bahia Malaga, says poor ventilation pushed up the temperature inside to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, making it hard to breathe.

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