US Sustains Military Operations Against Drug Trafficking in Northern Ecuador
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This week the Ecuadorian government issued a decree that allows the US military to be on Ecuadorian soil for up to 180 days without a visa and gives them immigration immunity.
Operations are part of the America Shield agreement, anti-drug coalition composed of about 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and led by Trump
General Francis Donovan, commander of the Southern Command of the United States, made his third official visit to Ecuador, which included high-level meetings with Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo, and the head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Henry Delgado. At the meeting they addressed the issues of cooperation and joint efforts to counter drug trafficking in support of the Coalition of the Americas against Posters (A3C).
The Shield of the Americas against narcos is already seen and felt in Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, of course, headed by the United States.
The United States initiated direct military operations against criminal cartels on drug trafficking routes in northern Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, as part of the Shield of the Americas agreement, an anti-drug coalition made up of about twenty countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, proposed by President Donald Trump and hosted by his counterpart Daniel Noboa. “We are with the seventh group of the United States military working …
The United States maintains military operations against narcotr fico in northern Ecuador, near the border with Col mbia, according to the local governor. Read more (08/20/2026
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