Rubio Visits Ecuador as Trump-Friendly Leader Helps the US Counterdrug Push in the Region
Rubio’s trip centers on security cooperation as U.S. operations against suspected drug boats have killed at least 227 people since September 2025, officials said.
- State Marco Rubio visits Ecuador on Wednesday to meet Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and strengthen security cooperation against drug trafficking under President Donald Trump's administration.
- Rubio aims to align regional leaders across South America with U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere, emphasizing shared counternarcotics efforts and economic engagement with conservative partners.
- Coinciding with the visit, U.S. forces intercepted and sank a vessel on Tuesday linked to Los Choneros, marking the second in as many days of such operations.
- Unlike previous lethal strikes, authorities removed personnel from the vessel and transferred them to Ecuadorian custody; earlier operations killed at least 227 people accused by Washington of being "narcoterrorists" without evidence.
- From Quito, Rubio continues to Peru to meet Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, following Tuesday meetings in Colombia with President Abelardo that highlighted resurgent U.S. security cooperation.
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Rubio visits Ecuador as Trump-friendly leader helps the US counterdrug push in the region – WTOP News
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Ecuador on Wednesday on the second leg of a three-nation tour of South America aimed at boosting security cooperation with conservative leaders who have cozied up to President Donald Trump, especially in the administration’s push to crack down on drug trafficking. After spending Tuesday...
Rubio visits Ecuador as Trump-friendly leader helps the US counterdrug push in the region
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Ecuador on the second leg of a three-nation tour of South America aimed at boosting security cooperation with conservative leaders
One year after his first visit to Ecuador as Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio returns to Quito to ratify the status of allies in the fight against drug trafficking and expand collaboration in the area of security and trade. This Wednesday he meets with the president, Daniel Noboa, in Carondelet, headquarters of the Government. Rubio’s visit coincides with a military offensive against organized crime groups in the eastern Paci…
Marco Rubio visits Ecuador in the midst of U.S. bombing of boats in the Pacific
With the message “United States meets”, the Secretary of the United States, Marco Rubio, started in Colombia his tour of Latin America, with an agenda that will continue this Wednesday in Quito (Ecuador) and Thursday in Lima (Peru), with which he hopes to strengthen the fight against organized crime and promote investments.
The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, will arrive this Wednesday in Ecuador to address the cooperation in the fight against transnational criminal organizations, in the midst of the campaign of bombing boats in the Pacific Ocean allegedly linked to the drug trafficking of Los Choneros, the Ecuadorian criminal gang associated with the Mexican Cartel de Sinaloa. This [...] The entry Marco Rubio visits Ecuador today in the midst…
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