PRAY WITH US about pirates of the Caribbean, that God will:
1. Set angelic watchmen all around the Caribbean and the Gulf to alert authorities to pirates and smugglers. And to expose their hiding places and their drug stashes.
2. Watch over the governments to expose hidden corruption and collaboration with drug dealers. And for those who refuse to repent, depose them from their positions of authority.
3. Move leaders and their people to resist influences to engage in this degrading but lucrative trade. And to receive influences from the Holy Spirit to find true fulfilment in Christ.
PRAYER ALERT: Pirates of the Caribbean and Gulf Return
The Honduran “Alto Impacto” operation caught six Belizean pirates with three stolen boat engines near Baha Mar, to be used in trafficking drugs. This gang may have connections to one of the many criminal networks that control Caribbean Sea routes. These networks use the guise of fishermen to hide and fund their narco-trafficking. Worldwide, such piracy amounts to a billion-dollar industry.
Significantly, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez may be facilitating such networks. On March 22 a New York federal court named him as a co-conspirator in smuggling tons of cocaine to the US. Also, this week his brother, Tony Hernandez, faces sentencing for his own drug trafficking conviction.
Also, in recent years, piracy has escalated in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Therefore, last year the US issued a special alert: “Armed criminal groups have been known to target and rob commercial vessels, oil platforms and offshore supply vehicles.”
One seafarer’s federation estimates 180 thefts in the Bay of Campeche in 2020 alone. Specifically, that includes stolen advanced communication and navigation equipment to sell on the black market.
And much of that market likely goes to heavily armed drug cartels. So in response, the Mexican Navy has expanded its surveillance and reinforced its patrols.
Mexico has lost much of its land to drug cartel control. Yet it remains to be seen how well Mexico can keep control of its waters.
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