India, June 6 -- The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on four Guyanese nationals and two Colombians for trafficking tons of cocaine from South America to the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean.
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control's sanctions target drug traffickers utilizing boats and narco-subs to traffic tons of cocaine, along with an alleged corrupt Guyanese law enforcement official. The sanctions also target individuals that are operating covert airstrips to traffic drugs via aircraft.
For decades, drug smugglers have used Guyana as a transshipment point for the movement of drugs from South America to the United States, with Mexican drug cartels also maintaining a presence in the region. Intern...