US EditionRubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups
The US will provide $19.5 million in security aid including drones to support Ecuador's efforts against gangs linked to Mexican cartels and escalating violence, officials said.
- The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, as foreign terrorist organizations, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's announcement in Ecuador.
- Rubio emphasized that this designation allows the US to take action against the gangs' members and their properties, stating, 'We are going to wage war on narco-terrorist organizations.'
- Ecuador has experienced an increase in violence connected to drug trafficking since the COVID-19 pandemic, with cartels exploiting the country's banana exports for smuggling.
- Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa expressed gratitude for the US efforts to combat terrorism, highlighting the US-Ecuador alignment on issues of illegal immigration and transnational crime.
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El EconomistaThe head of the US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, announced on Thursday an aid of almost 20 million dollars to Ecuador to confront the violence of numerous drug trafficking gangs and designated two of them as terrorist organizations. On a visit to Quito, the US secretary narrowed ties with the government of his ally Daniel Noboa in the fight against drug trafficking and raised the tone against the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, whom he called …
After meeting with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced, on Thursday, September 4, that the United States declared terrorist groups to the organized crime organizations Los Choneros and Los Lobos, which operate in Ecuador, confirming that the issue of security and the fight against drug trafficking in the region is the one of greatest concern for Washington, right now.
A few days ago, US President Trump released the launch of a boat of suspected drug smugglers from Venezuela in the Caribbean. Now, Secretary of State Rubio also declares two notorious gangs from Ecuador to be terrorist groups. The US military can be used against them.
Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist groups
Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement Thursday while in Ecuador as part of a trip to Latin America overshadowed by an American military strike against a similarly designated gang, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua.
US designates 2 more gangs as foreign terrorist groups
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. It's the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin America. The announcement came Thursday during Rubio’s stop in…
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