Rubio Designates Ecuadorian Gang Los Tiguerones as Foreign Terrorist Organization
The move blocks U.S.-linked assets and follows allegations that the gang has attacked civilians, police and journalists.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated the Ecuador-based gang Los Tiguerones as a foreign terrorist organization during a visit to Quito to discuss regional security cooperation.
- The State Department linked the gang to narcotrafficking and violent attacks against civilians and journalists, including a 2024 live takeover of an Ecuadorian television station, noting it helps Mexican cartels move drugs.
- During his visit, Rubio said he would seek $45 million in additional security funding for Ecuador and a $10 million initiative targeting illegal gold mining, gang recruitment, and illicit finance.
- Addressing criticism of Operation Southern Spear, which has destroyed 70 vessels and killed more than 220 people over the past year, Rubio defended the campaign: "Our goal is not to go after fishermen. Our goal is to go after drug traffickers."
- The U.S. will deliver a 110-foot Coast Guard cutter and five interceptor vessels to support Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa's government, adding to seven vessels delivered this year for maritime drug trafficking enforcement.
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The group led by the Black Willy was born in the late 2010s in Guayaquil, as a faction of Los Choneros, and over the years has become one of the most violent criminal groups in Ecuador, while establishing an extensive criminal portfolio.
Quito, Sep 9 (EFE).- The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, announced on Wednesday that the administration of Donald Trump declared as a terrorist organization the Ecuadorian criminal gang Los Tiguerones, one of the criminal groups responsible for the unprecedented wave of violence that the Andean country suffers. After meeting in Quito [...] The entry U.S. declares terrorist organization to the Ecuadorian criminal gang Los Ti…
The US has designated the Los Tiguerones criminal gang, which made headlines in early 2024 when masked men stormed a television studio, as a terrorist organization. The post Ecuador: The US has designated the Los Tiguerones criminal gang as a terrorist organization appeared first on in.gr.
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