An enhanced counternarcotics program initiated by former President Donald Trump in the Caribbean and western Pacific netted back-to-back cocaine busts in April that pushed its year-over-year tally to $7.5 billion, according to U.S. Southern Command.

In a White House ceremony last April, flanked by Southcom commander Adm. Craig Faller, Trump declared drugs entering the United States were killing thousands of people and could be stopped if additional military ships and aircraft were provided to the Miami-based command.