Officials said a total of 111 bundles were found, containing 2,276 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $76 million.

The Trump 2 presidency has proven to be much more foreign policy oriented than most Americans expected with America re-emerging as the pre-eminent economic and political force in the world.

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in 1999, as "a foolish gift that should have never been made".