US EditionEcuador Launches Joint Anti-Drug Operations with U.S.
The operation targets drug cartels responsible for violence and corruption, with 70% of regional cocaine shipments passing through Ecuadorian ports, U.S. Southern Command said.
- On Monday, Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa announced the launch of joint operations with the United States and regional allies to fight drug trafficking in a `new phase`.
- Ecuador's role as a transit hub helps explain the surge in violence, with around 70 percent of drugs from Colombia and Peru moving through the country and fueling deadly turf wars.
- Officials said meetings in Quito involved senior US military leaders Francis Donovan, US Southern Command chief, and Mark Schafer, head of US Special Operations, while the United States deployed Air Force personnel to the former Manta base in December.
- Noboa announced a curfew from March 15 to 30 in Guayas, Los Rios, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas and El Oro, while Interior Minister John Reimberg urged residents to `Stay home.`
- The moves position Ecuador within broader regional security efforts, as the joint operations aim to disrupt about 70 percent of regional cocaine routes, amid political sensitivity after a November referendum on foreign bases.
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The military forces of Ecuador and the United States launched operations against the terrorist organizations designated in Ecuador, in order to combat the scourge of narcotics, announced the South American Command.
The United States and Ecuador have launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in the South American country, as reported on Tuesday by the SouthCom, responsible for the operations of the U.S. armed forces in Latin America. The new missions seem to announce a drastic expansion of U.S. military operations to combat drug cartels and the destruction of alleged narco-lanches in the Caribbean and the East Pacific.
US military launches anti-drug trafficking operation in Ecuador
The US military began conducting operations with Ecuador targeting “designated terrorist organizations” in the Latin American country, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, marking a new front in the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail drug trafficking.
U.S. conducts military operations in Ecuador
WASHINGTON — The United States and Ecuador conducted joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in the South American country, the Pentagon said Tuesday night, in what appeared to be a major expansion of the U.S. military’s unilateral strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific that the Trump administration has accused of carrying drugs. “The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of pa…
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