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The US and Ecuador targeted a narcoterrorist training camp in northeast Ecuador, with 44 strikes killing roughly 150 suspects since September, according to a New York Times tally.
- On March 6, U.S. Southern Command said joint strikes with Ecuador used helicopters, aircraft, river boats and drones to bomb a suspected training camp in Sucumbíos province.
- At Ecuador's request, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, 'At the request of Ecuador, the Department of War executed targeted action to advance our shared objective of dismantling narco-terrorist networks.'
- Operations have been active since September 2 and have included sinking a boat carrying 11 Tren de Aragua members; the destroyed compound belonged to the Comandos de la Frontera with capacity for 50.
- Neither U.S. Southern Command nor Ecuador's defence ministry disclosed casualties or arrests, while American officials declined operational details amid U.N. human rights chief concerns over legal issues.
- Operations on Ecuadorian land signal an escalation in U.S. military strategy as Ecuador now ships about 70% of cocaine globally, aligned with the Miami security summit.
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The Armed Forces carried out a bombing of a camp used by the narcoterrorist group Comandos de la Frontera in the province of Sucumbíos, as part of the operation called Exterminio Total, which marks the beginning of a new offensive phase - in coordination with the U.S. Southern Command - against criminal structures operating in the country.
US, Ecuador strike suspected drug trafficking camp near Colombian border
American and Ecuadorian forces carried out “lethal kinetic strikes” against drug traffickers in Ecuador near the Colombian border, U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday. The operation targeted a training camp used by the Comandos de la Frontera, Ecuador’s defense ministry said, and was located in the northeast of the country. It was the apparent first strike involving U.S. forces in South America since the attack on Venezuela in January and …
Ecuador used intelligence and support from the United States to locate and bomb an alleged drug trafficking camp near its northern border with Colombia, according to the Ministry of Defense.The camp, located in the oil province of Sucumbíos, was used by the criminal organization Comandos de la Frontera for training and rest, with capacity for about 50 gang members, added the ministry, not to mention victims.The announcement is the first public m…
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U.S. military forces have joined Ecuadorian troops in a series of lethal kinetic operations aimed at dismantling narcoterrorist organizations, according to a Friday night announcement from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The joint effort, which escalated significantly on March 6, involves direct strikes against high-level criminal groups operating within the region. The operations have been active […] Lethal Fronts: U.S. And Ecuador Launch Joi…
Joint US‑Ecuador strikes target narcoterrorist groups as Quito deepens security ties with Washington
WASHINGTON, March 7 — US and Ecuadoran forces conducted joint strikes inside Ecuador as part of ongoing operations to combat drug trafficking in the South American country, according to a statement by US Southern Command (Southcom).The statement posted to X said Southcom Commander General Francis Donovan, at the order of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, “directed the joint force to support Ecuadorian forces conducting lethal kinetic operations again…
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