US EditionUS deploys military to Ecuador for anti-drugs operation
- On Wednesday, the United States announced a temporary deployment of United States Air Force personnel to Manta air force base, Ecuador, for a regional anti-narcotics campaign.
- President Daniel Noboa has sought outside assistance to roll back narcotics cartel violence, amid Ecuadoran voters overwhelmingly rejecting lifting the ban on foreign bases.
- Ecuador's defense ministry said US planes carrying `military material` had arrived but gave no detail on the scale of the deployment amid rising regional tensions.
- The short-term joint effort aims to strengthen Ecuadorian military forces' intelligence and anti-drug trafficking capabilities, intersecting with tensions involving Venezuela's hard-left government and the United States.
- The deployment fits into a broader campaign that under President Donald Trump has included massive US naval and air forces targeting dozens of small boats, killing at least 95 people.
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This fact marks the return of US military to an Ecuadorian base that functioned as a strategic point until 2009
Doubts over the legality of the operations – At least 95 dead since September
US deploys troops to Ecuador for anti-drugs operation
Ecuador's President Noboa, one of Trump's closest allies in Latin America, is attempting to roll back a wave of drug cartel violence that has turned what was once one of South America's safest countries into one of its deadliest. Ports of Guayaquil and Manta have become key exit points for cocaine produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru.
Washington began on Wednesday the deployment of military personnel in the Ecuadorian port of Manta, in the southwestern part of the country, as part of a joint operation aimed at combating drug trafficking in one of the main drug corridors in the Pacific, the authorities of both countries reported.Read more]]>
The United States reported this Wednesday that its Air Force personnel are developing a "temporary operation" in the Ecuadorian city of Manta (Manabí province), designed to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking in the Andean country. "The United States welcomes the personnel of the United States Air Force for a temporary operation with the Ecuador Air Force in Manta," said the diplomatic legation in its social network account X. He point…
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