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Ecuador signs agreement authorizing U.S. military presence
October 2 |
The governments of the United States (US) and Ecuador signed an agreement that would allow the sending of US military forces to the South American nation with the alleged objective of confronting drug trafficking organizations.
The member of the US House of Representatives, Dan Crenshaw, informed a local media that the agreement was signed during the recent visit of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso to the US.
Crenshaw, who chairs the Congressional Task Force to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels, confirmed that senior officials from the Coast Guard and the Department of Defense were present during the signing.
According to press reports, a status of force agreement and a maritime forces agreement were signed. Both give the green light to U.S. military presence both on land and off the Ecuadorian coast.
A lobbyist for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Adam Isacson, said of the first agreement that “it doesn’t mean that there are going to be military forces there, but it does mean that we can have them and it sends a very clear message that they want us to be more involved”.
As for the maritime forces agreement, the State Department pointed out that it allows the presence of U.S. military vessels in the waters off the Ecuadorian coast, a common cocaine trafficking route for Colombian cartels, to reinforce surveillance and combat this illicit activity.
Press media called attention to the fact that the State Department issued more than 30 press releases since last Wednesday, but did not disclose the signing of this agreement with Ecuador.
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