Ecuadorian and U.S. Military Forces Launch Operations Against Narco-terrorists

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Fifty U.S. troops assisted Ecuadorian officials in arresting more than 30 members of a Mexican drug cartel.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. troops participated in an early-morning operation on Thursday to arrest members of a branch of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Ecuadoran Interior Minister John Reimberg wrote on X.

Around 70% of the world’s cocaine passes through Ecuadorian ports, according to the Congressional Research Service. This trade is worth an estimated $30 billion a year, according to Ecaudorian President Daniel Noboa.

Around 320 Ecuadoran police officers and 50 personnel from U.S. Southern Command took part in the operation, he said.

https://www.military.com/50-us-troops-helped-ecuador-arrest-more-than-30-people-linked-to-mexican-drug-cartel


The narcos even have their own EW, ECM and spectrum management assets:

https://youtu.be/8CWO0RHssw8?si=H7qd8yu-C4Nf_PML

[SVPete]

Ecuador's air force has also, for some months, been assisting the US against the narco-boats.