Alleged privateer-style maritime interdictions using drones and patrol aircraft

The post describes suspected drone-assisted maritime interdictions against Ecuadorian fishing boats, allegedly coordinated with an English-speaking patrol aircraft and an unidentified patrol vessel. It also claims US officials discussed reviving “letters of marque” to outsource sea interdiction to private military contractors—an old legal tool applied to modern drone-enabled operations, potentially enabling deniable kinetic actions at sea.