Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 16, 2026 (AFP) - Ecuador launches two weeks of US-backed anti-drug operations

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2026-03-16

Ecuador on Sunday began two weeks of operations against drug traffickers with support from the United States, the latest joint show of force against drug cartels in the South American country. The two countries are part of a 17-country cartel-fighting alliance launched by President Donald Trump at a summit earlier this month. Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, one of Trump's staunchest allies on the continent, has spent the past two years targetin......

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