Sequester Means $1 Billion More Of Cocaine Floods Into US: Coast Guard

Sequester Means $1 Billion More Of Cocaine Floods Into US: Coast Guard
Sequester Means $1 Billion More Of Cocaine Floods Into US: Coast Guard

[Corrected drug submersible range] WASHINGTON: The automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration will reduce the Coast Guard and Navy forces available to intercept South American cocaine to record lows, said Rear Adm. Charles Michel, the Coast Guard two-star who commands Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-South). The result? “The sequestration cuts in aircraft and ships…