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US designates Ecuador's Chone Killers gang as terrorist organization
Key takeaways
- Rubio separately said on the social platform X that gangs from Ecuador assist the Mexican cartels in moving and exporting illicit drugs.
- Ecuador s foreign ministry praised the announcement, stating on X in a translation from Spanish that cooperation with the U.S.
- The U.S. designated the Ecuadorian criminal groups Los Lobos and Los Choneros, the group that the Chone Killers splintered from, as foreign terrorist organizations after Rubio made a trip to Ecuador in September.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Chone Killers is an Ecuadorian gang that has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers, and government officials, including high-profile assassinations of public officials, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
Rubio separately said on the social platform X that gangs from Ecuador assist the Mexican cartels in moving and exporting illicit drugs.
He assured that President Trump, partnered with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, will continue to protect our hemisphere by keeping illicit drugs off our streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding violent narcoterrorists.
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