US Coast Guard officials have warned several times that their units are unable to keep up with the flows of illegal narcotics coming to the US from South and Central America.
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The Coast Guard is struggling with 'a capacity challenge' amid a cocaine boom
A surge in cocaine production is believed to be fueling smuggling in the Pacific and Caribbean, but the Coast Guard is struggling to keep up.
"On any given day we'll have between six to 10 Coast Guard cutters down here," Ray said. "If you imagine placing that on [an area the size of] the United States ... it's a capacity challenge."
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