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Colgate 64

(14,877 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 05:02 PM 10 hrs ago

More MAGA B.S. It wasn't a drug boat Rubio illegally blew up

That wasn't a drug boat, and it wasn't headed to the U.S. You will note this modified go-fast had three huge outboard motors, which consume fuel like an alcoholic let loose in a brewery. In drug boats, space is at a premium, as is fuel. so it's content obligatorily is, in order 1) enough gas to get to where you're going. This craft didn't have any of the additional fuel barrels necessary for such a long trip from Venezuela to the U.S.

It also wasn't a drug boat. Second priority for any drug boat is to carry as much cocaine as you can physically pack into every available space. No sight or evidence of bales of cocaine typically carried in go-fast

Finally. drug boats don't carry passengers Their cargo is only supposed to make money by moving cocaine. Drug go-fasts typically carry a crew of 1-3: The pilot, one loader and possibly a second loader. 11 people occupying all the space where the bales of cocaine would have made zero sense.

Well, maybe they were carrying illegal immigrants. Again, the economics make no sense. What does an illegal immigrant pay to be boated to the US?
$1,000? Let's say the fantastic sum of $10,000 per person. That would make the gross revenue for that aborted sailing some $110,000 which is just a rounding error in the cocaine trade. The same craft filled with cocaine would be worth at least $2MM.

Just more fiction and fact from the NeoCon playbook.


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More MAGA B.S. It wasn't a drug boat Rubio illegally blew up (Original Post) Colgate 64 10 hrs ago OP
Not to mention that no one is going to try and navigate 1000 miles, rsdsharp 10 hrs ago #1
Aw, there you go Colgate 64 10 hrs ago #2
K&R UTUSN 10 hrs ago #3
That makes sense canetoad 10 hrs ago #4
wanted for murder - little marco, trump's worm msongs 9 hrs ago #5

rsdsharp

(11,274 posts)
1. Not to mention that no one is going to try and navigate 1000 miles,
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 05:21 PM
10 hrs ago

in an open boat, in the Caribbean, during the height of hurricane season.

Fo any reason.

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