US EditionEcuador Deploys 75,000 Soldiers and Police to Combat Drug Gangs
Ecuador launched a two-week crackdown deploying 75,000 security personnel with U.S. support to target drug networks responsible for 70% of regional cocaine exports, officials said.
- On Sunday, President Daniel Noboa launched a two-week operation against drug cartels, deploying more than 75,000 police and soldiers across four provinces with United States support.
- Around 70 percent of cocaine from Colombia and Peru flows through Ecuador, driving the military response as the murder rate rose over 30% between 2024 and 2025.
- Interior Minister John Reimberg declared "We're at war," implementing nighttime curfews in four provinces, while the FBI opened its first office in the country last week.
- President Donald Trump urged Latin American leaders to use military force at a Mar-a-Lago summit dubbed the "Shield of the Americas," launching a 17-country cartel-fighting alliance.
- Despite previous joint strikes including sinking a "narco sub" near the border, violence persists; Noboa has spent two years targeting traffickers, though extortion and disappearance rates have not fallen.
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About 75,000 military and police personnel will be deployed for 15 days in four coastal provinces of Ecuador to fight against drug traffickers and armed gangs. The operation was launched on Monday 16 March at dawn with the help of the United States in the provinces of El Oro, Guayas, Los Rios and Santo Domingo, where a curfew was decreed from 11pm to 5am. Meanwhile, Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the border country of having bombed an…
"We're At War": Ecuador Deploys 75,000 Troops, Launches Anti-Cartel Missile Strikes; Colombia Warns "We're Being Bombed" - Miami Independent
Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Twitter, Youtube Posted Zero Hedge On Sunday, Ecuador launched a massive anti-cartel offensive involving 75,000 troops, armored vehicles, and helicopters, with support from the U.S., in what Interior Minister John Reimberg described as a "very strong offensive," according to BBC News. "We're at war," Reimberg said. "Don't take any risks, don't go out, stay home." 35 mil ef…
Ecuador Launches a National Offensive Against Drug Trafficking with the Support of the United States
Ecuador began Sunday night a national security operation aimed at confronting drug trafficking organizations, in a deployment that will extend for two weeks and that has U.S. advice. The strategy includes night mobility restrictions in several provinces hit by violence and the massive deployment of military and police forces.Read more
Noboa imposes curfew in four provinces of Ecuador deploys 75,000 personnel in new anti-crime offensive
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has launched a new security offensive with a nightly curfew in four violence-hit provinces and the deployment of 75,000 soldiers and police officers. The restriction runs from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. in Guayas, El Oro, Los Ríos and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, began on Sunday night and is expected to remain in force for two weeks. In the first hours of the operation, authorities reported 253 arrests for violating the
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