You have no way of knowing this. I agree the admin could produce more evidence, eg recovered cargo, but still you have no way of knowing.

Just as onepoorguy knows physics, salvors know recreational vessels and commercial vessels. We rescue guys like you a hundred times a week.

From PWCs to single to super pangas to plush yachts, power and sail, we know as much and often more about watercraft as the builders, surveyors and brokers who use our services. We have to know.

The flood of traffic from Mexico fell in our laps. We worked for Operation Stonegarden 24/7/365. Our guys in the Keys see even more of the same shit we see. Traffickers didn't stop carrying mixed loads when Stonegarden was formed, or when Trump started killing. Cartels don't care. Hell, they've dumped people overboard to save on fuel, dumped people on outer islands telling them it's the mainland. Losing cargo, boats and lives is a cost of doing business. As long as there's money to be made there will be criminals like Trump who will do what it takes to make it.
It's a miserable situation.

I'm not going to belabor the point...

Just Google "panga san diego" and start walking back through the years.

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