Flight data, satellite images reveal growing US role at Ecuador base
AFP found about 20 U.S. military flights, new tents and a maintenance hangar as Quito deepens security cooperation with Washington.
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A military base in Ecuador concentrates an unprecedented U.S. deployment against drug trafficking. Learn about legal doubts and local reaction.
Flight data, satellite images reveal growing US role at Ecuador base
Hidden among shrimp farms and teak plantations about an hour from Guayaquil -- the Pacific port that has become the biggest gateway for Latin American cocaine bound for the United States -- the Taura complex plays an increasingly prominent role in President Daniel Noboa's security alliance with Washington. AFP observed significant works at the decades-old facility, identified around 20 US military flights between June and mid-October, and obtain…
Flight records, satellite images and military documents reveal an increasing deployment of the United States at Taura airbase in Ecuador, as part of its anti-drug offensive in the Pacific
In the middle of shrimp farms and teak plantations, the Taura complex takes on a new dimension in the fight against drugs carried out with... Read more In Taura, an Ecuadorian air base discreetly transformed into an American support point appeared first on Le Singulier.
US military aircraft detected at Ecuadorian base
US military aircraft have been repeatedly detected at the Taura military base in Ecuador since June, an AFP flight data analysis showed, as the two countries step up cooperation against the drug trade. Ecuador, once one of Latin America’s safest countries, has become a key gateway to international markets for cocaine smuggled from neighboring Colombia […]
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