Surge in Eastern Pacific/Caribbean interdictions; narco-maritime escalation

Mexico Navy 11t YTD sea (4t Colima); JIATF 2t+ go-fast Ecuador/Colombia; USCG Viper 4.5k lbs $34M off Manta (215k lbs/160 arrests since '25); US strikes Caribbean 196 killed since Sept '25 (Pentagon watchdog reviewing targeting), Ecuador/US SF 3 boats $63M/USCG 5t/Navy chases Munro/Forward/Spencer-Viper/SoCal/Clan del Golfo YTD100t/PR/Southcom; Guayaquil/CJNG Ecuador fleet marines/banana speedboats/semisubs 50t YTD to Mexico Pacific; resilient adaptations via Guyana/Brazil/Amazon/yachts/fishing/Philippines flotsam; Pacific corruption/yachts/shrimp; US-Ecuador joint ops; narco-subs/torpedoes $193B.