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Ecuador backs U.S. strategy targeting drug cartels

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa praised a cartel-crackdown strategy associated with U.S. officials Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. No new operation or binding policy action is indicated.

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Closer Ecuador-U.S. security cooperation could affect regional counternarcotics policy and tensions with criminal groups.

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  1. Ecuador's Noboa Praises Trump-Rubio Cartel Crackdown Strategy ↗breitbart.com · Recorded source date: Sep 12, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC
  2. Ecuador's Noboa Praises Trump-Rubio Cartel Crackdown Strategy ↗breitbart.com · Recorded source date: Sep 12, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC

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