interdiction

For decades, U.S. antidrug operations have relied on over 20 allies for everything from detection to interdiction to cover a vast area of the Western Hemisphere used by traffickers and cartels to distribute illegal drugs.

Iran seized a Cyprus-registered fuel tanker, shipping companies said, its first such interdiction in the Strait of Hormuz in more than a year.

A return of US forces at Manta could spell an even more aggressive interdiction strategy this time round.

In a recent swing through the region, Rubio argued for a more muscular interdiction strategy.

The drug is then packaged tightly and shipped north through a web of routes and several different means of transportation, with traffickers reacting quickly to interdiction efforts by the U.S. and allied countries.