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Ecuador Launches Joint Anti-Drug Operations with U.S.
Ecuador and the US start coordinated actions including intelligence sharing and temporary Air Force deployment to counter drug cartels linked to 70% of cocaine shipments from Colombia and Peru.
- 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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