US EditionUS Deploys Troops to Ecuador
The U.S. Air Force joins Ecuadorian forces at Manta base to enhance intelligence and combat narcotics amid rising cartel violence, with 1.4 tons of cocaine seized recently, officials said.
- 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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US forces returning to Ecuador for ‘short-term’ counter-drug mission
The U.S. military is sending a contingent of Air Force personnel to Ecuador in support of “anti-drug trafficking” operations. The U.S. embassy in Quito announced the deployment in a statement on X on Dec. 17, saying that the American forces will operate out of the military base at Manta, with the Ecuadorian Air Force. The deployment comes a month after Ecuadorian voters rejected a proposal to lift the country’s ban on foreign military bases by …
Ecuador Launches Joint-U.S. Military Operation to Fight 'Narco-Terrorism'
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that his country would be welcoming members of the United States Air Force for a temporary joint operation intended to fight drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. The post Ecuador Launches Joint-U.S. Military Operation to Fight ‘Narco-Terrorism’ appeared first on Breitbart.
This fact marks the return of US military to an Ecuadorian base that functioned as a strategic point until 2009
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