Rubio says we are helping two Ecuador gangs as foreign terrorist groups: “evil animals”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that the United States is appointing two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations in the last step of the Trump administration against Cartlatat.

This announcement came when Rubio traveled to Ecuador to meet his leaders on a trip to Latin America this week, which was overwhelmed by a US military strike Against a special gang, Arajwa train. The strike raised concerns in the region about whether the Trump administration will intensify military activity to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

The new designers, Los Lubus and Los Shuniros, are Ecuadorian gangs, blameing a lot of violence that started since the Covid-19 pandemic. Rubio said this appointment brings “all kinds of options” to the US government to work in conjunction with the Ecuador government to suppress these groups.

This includes the ability to kill them as well as take action against real estate and bank accounts in the United States for group members and people with ties with criminal organizations, adding that it will also help in the participation of intelligence.

Rubio described them as “evil animals, these terrorists.”

criminal Gang It continues unabated after restoring in June, one of the largest head of drugs in the country, Adolvo MakasWho leads Los Chuniros, after escaping from the Aqsa Security Prison in 2024. In July, the Ecuadorian government Massias delivery To the United States, where he faces many drug and firearms smuggling Fees.

Last year, the United States ranked Los Shuniros as one of the most violent gangs and confirmed its relationship with force Mexican drug gangs Those threatening Ecuador and the surrounding area.

Earlier this year, Los Lubus leader was At home In the coastal city of Portovijo. The armed forces said in a statement that Carlos de, who was widely known by his name, nicknamed Shino, was the second useful Los Lubus and “is a high value.”

United States last year Wolves To be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador.

“The column does not work”

On Thursday, Rubio’s meetings in Kito are following talks with Mexican leaders who were overwhelmed by the American military strike on the suspects suspected of Trin de Aragoa in the southern Caribbean.

The Trump administration confirms that it has targeted a Venezuelan vehicle controlling drugs by the members of Trine de Aragoa. US officials say the ship’s shipment was dedicated to the United States and that the strike killed 11 people.

Rubio defended the procedure and did not provide any justification other than saying that the boat represents an “immediate threat” to the United States and that Trump chose to “bomb” it instead of following the standard procedure for stopping and cycle, relying on the crew and seizing any smuggler on the plane.

“The ban does not work,” Rubio said on Wednesday. “Instead of modifying this, based on the president’s orders, we blew it up. It will happen again. This may happen at the present time, I do not know, but the point is that the President of the United States will launch war on Narco-Terrorist organizations.”

Defense Minister Beit Higseth said on Wednesday that US military origins will remain in the region, and that it is There may be more upcoming strikes.

“This is a fatal and dangerous task for us and will not stop with this strike only,” Higseth told Fox News. “Anyone else is evading the water we know is the terrorist assistant from NARCO who will face the same fate.”

The strike got a mixed reaction from the leaders around Latin America, where the American history of military intervention and diplomacy of new boats remains. Many, like Mexico officials, were keen to explicitly not condemn the attack, but stressed the importance of protecting national sovereignty and warning that the involvement of American military participation may have already opposite.

The Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Ramon de la Fuente, speaking to the correspondents alongside Rubio, stressed the preference of his country “Solving calm conflicts,”.

Ecuador has its own drug trafficking problems, and the Trump administration has also been seen as a possible destination for non -Osadorian immigrants from the United States. American officials said they wanted to get an agreement with Ecuador that would accept these deportees, but setting negotiations with Kito was not clear.

On Thursday, the Ecuador President, Daniel Nuboa, thanked the American efforts, “In fact, the elimination of any terrorist threat.” Before their meeting, Rubio said on social media that the United States and Ecuador “are in line with the main partners about ending illegal immigration and anti -national crime and terrorism.”

Violence increased since the web-19 web

The latest United Nations drug report says that the various countries in South America, including Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, have reported greater seizures of cocaine in 2022 than 2021, but it does not give Venezuela a major role in the White House in recent months.

The report says: “The impact of the increase in cocaine trafficking in Ecuador has been feeling in particular, which has witnessed a wave of deadly violence in recent years related to local and trans -border crime groups, most notably from Mexico and the Balkans,” the report says.

Violence in Ecuador has risen since the Covid-19 pandemic, when drug dealers expanded operations in the country and benefited from the banana industry in the country.

The South America is the largest banana source in the world, as it ships about 7.2 million tons annually by sea. He finds travelers Banana filled containers The perfect car to smuggle their products.

In addition, the cartals settled from Mexico, Colombia and Balkan in Ecuador because they use the US dollar and have weak laws and institutions, along with a network of harsh gangs that have long been ruthless.

Ecuador has gained prominent in the global cocaine trade after political changes in Colombia in the past decade. Coca Bush fields in Colombia are close to the border with Ecuador because of the disintegration of criminal groups after the demobilization of the revolutionary armed forces in Colombia, known for its brief Spanish, known as its Spanish.

Rubio is also visiting the country of Andes to argue against its close ties and rely on China.

AFP

He contributed to this report.