They’ve gotten quite good at this job, which has led to more clever innovations. Coast Guard dates back to the existence of both fast boats and the Coast Guard, so this is a pretty dated technique, and the Coast Guard has spent its entire existence figuring out how to stop them. Because they carry a very expensive per-ounce drug like cocaine, their minimal cargo space means they can more than pay their cost back in sales on the ground. Basically converted spedboats, they are small enough so that it’s hard for radar to find them and fast enough to avoid many patrol ships. In the 1970s and 1980s, the preferred technique for getting cocaine from South America in the hands and noses of people in Miami and elsewhere in the United States. The Caribbean has long been a home to ne’er-do-wells, pirates and smugglers. The United States/Mexico land border isn’t the only way to get drugs past interdiction efforts and to the stateside dealers.
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