2026年8月20日 / 美国东部时间下午2:25 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：理查德·埃斯科韦多
华盛顿讯 美国周四对位于厄瓜多尔的15名个人和实体以及10艘船只实施新制裁，理由是他们参与了一桩被指控的海上可卡因贩运行动。
据财政部透露，这个与厄瓜多尔犯罪团伙“乔内罗斯帮”和“洛沃斯帮”有关的网络——这两个团伙均被美国列为外国恐怖组织——利用一支看似合法的渔船船队，以厄瓜多尔曼塔为基地，每月贩运数千公斤可卡因。
财政部表示，该网络向墨西哥贩毒集团供应可卡因，随后这些可卡因在美国境内销售。
据称，这些船只在东太平洋向北航行前往墨西哥的途中，为载有毒品的小型“高速快艇”提供燃料和补给，锡纳罗亚贩毒集团和哈利斯科州新一代贩毒集团等墨西哥贩毒集团随后负责将毒品分销到美国。
财政部部长斯科特·贝森特在一份声明中表示：“我们将与执法伙伴携手，持续破坏贩毒集团的毒品贩运行动，保护我们的边境。”
被列入制裁名单的人员包括梅罗家族成员，财政部称该家族经营着阿卡德纳渔业公司，并为可卡因运输协调燃料、食品和医疗补给。另有多名厄瓜多尔国民被指控每月协调数十吨可卡因的贩运，并控制了另外六家空壳公司，同样被列入制裁名单。
另有十艘船只被指为该犯罪计划提供后勤掩护、规避侦查，其中一艘还直接参与了可卡因运输。
此次制裁是在美国国务院2025年9月将“乔内罗斯帮”和“洛沃斯帮”列为恐怖组织的基础上推出的，也是财政部此前针对这些团伙以及哈利斯科州新一代贩毒集团采取行动的延续。
![2024年1月22日，厄瓜多尔基夫多的一次行动中查获的22吨毒品，警察和士兵正在展示。丹尼尔·维特/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社]
美国官员将此次制裁公告与“太平洋毒蛇行动”联系起来。这是一项由美国海岸警卫队牵头的反毒行动，于2025年8月启动，财政部称，截至2026年6月，该行动已在东太平洋查获超过22.5万磅可卡因。
根据新制裁措施，被指定制裁的个人和实体在美国境内的所有资产将被冻结，美国公民通常被禁止与他们进行交易。财政部的声明指出，违反制裁规定可能面临民事或刑事处罚，而为根据相关行政命令被制裁对象提供交易便利的外国金融机构，可能面临次级制裁。
财政部表示，此次行动是国土安全特别工作组、 Drug Enforcement Administration（毒品管制局）、美国南方司令部、海军情报部门和海岸警卫队协调的结果，也是2025年初以来针对贩毒集团网络采取的近30次类似行动之一。
国务院称，这些贩运活动“每年为贩毒集团创造数十亿美元收入，而这些贩毒集团正是造成大量致命毒品流入美国社区的主要元凶”。
国务院还表示：“美国将继续动用一切手段，摧毁那些以牺牲美国民众生命为代价牟取暴利的贩毒集团。”
今年早些时候，美国特种部队与厄瓜多尔军队联合开展行动，旨在摧毁一个与“乔内罗斯帮”有关的疑似犯罪据点。
2024年，美国将“洛沃斯帮”列为厄瓜多尔最大的贩毒团伙，并表示该团伙“极大加剧了笼罩该国的暴力问题”。
New U.S. sanctions target cocaine smuggling network in Ecuador
August 20, 2026 / 2:25 PM EDT / CBS News
By Richard Escobedo
Washington — The U.S. on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on 15 individuals and entities based in Ecuador, along with 10 vessels, for their roles in an alleged maritime cocaine trafficking operation.
According to the Treasury Department, the network — tied to Ecuadorian groups Los Choneros and Los Lobos, both designated by the U.S. as foreign terrorist organizations — used a fleet of seemingly legitimate fishing vessels operating out of Manta, Ecuador, to move thousands of kilograms of cocaine each month.
The department said the network supplies Mexican cartels with cocaine that is then sold in the U.S.
The vessels allegedly refueled and resupplied smaller “go-fast” boats carrying the drugs north through the eastern Pacific Ocean toward Mexico, where cartels like the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación took over distribution to the U.S.
“Working alongside our law enforcement partners, we will continue to disrupt the cartels’ drug trafficking operations and protect our borders,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
Among those sanctioned are members of the Mero family, who the Treasury Department said ran the fishing company Arcasdenoe S.A. and coordinated fuel, food and medical support for cocaine shipments. Several other Ecuadorian nationals accused of coordinating tens of tons of cocaine per month and controlling a half-dozen additional front companies were also named.
Ten vessels were identified as allegedly providing logistical cover, detection avoidance and, in one case, direct cocaine transport as part of the scheme.
The designations build on the State Department’s September 2025 terrorist designations of Los Choneros and Los Lobos, and on earlier actions by Treasury against those groups and CJNG.
Police and soldiers present 22 tons of drugs that were seized after an operation in Quevedo, Ecuador, on Jan. 22, 2024. DANIEL VITE/AFP via Getty Images
Officials tied the announcement to Operation Pacific Viper, a U.S. Coast Guard-led counternarcotics campaign launched in August 2025 that Treasury said has seized more than 225,000 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific through June 2026.
Under the new sanctions, any U.S.-based assets belonging to the designated individuals and entities are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally barred from doing business with them. Treasury’s statement noted that violations can carry civil or criminal penalties, and that foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for those sanctioned under one of the relevant executive orders could face secondary sanctions.
Treasury said the action reflects coordination among the Homeland Security Task Force, the DEA, U.S. Southern Command, Naval Intelligence and the Coast Guard, and is one of nearly 30 such actions targeting cartel networks since early 2025.
The State Department said the trafficking operations “generate billions of dollars annually for cartels responsible for a significant share of the deadly drugs flowing into our communities.”
“The United States will continue to use all our tools to dismantle the cartels profiting at the expense of American lives,” the department said.
Earlier this year, U.S. commandos participated in a joint mission with Ecuadorian troops aimed at dismantling a suspected criminal hub linked to Los Choneros.
In 2024, the U.S. deemed Los Lobos the largest drug trafficking ring in Ecuador and said the gang “contributes significantly to the violence gripping the country.”
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