Submarine, homemade and cocaine-laden, is seized off Mexico

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The nation’s drug wars sank to new depths Wednesday as the Mexican navy announced it had seized a submarine that was transporting cocaine off the southern coast.

The navy intercepted the 33-foot vessel about 125 miles south of Puerto de Salina Cruz in Oaxaca state.

Jose Luis Vergara, a navy spokesman, said in a radio interview that special forces waited until the vessel surfaced before rappelling from helicopters and overpowering the four-man crew.

Read more about the drug trafficker’s submarine here.

See the latest on Mexico’s drug trade here.

-- Deborah Bonello in Los Angeles