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Rubio Defends Anti-Drug Boat Strikes, Warns of Cartel ‘Cancer’
Rubio said the operations will continue and announced sanctions on Los Tiguerones, as Pentagon figures put the death toll above 200.
- On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended controversial strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats during his visit to Ecuador, arguing Latin American cartels would "eat these countries alive" if left unchecked.
- In recent weeks, joint US-Ecuador patrols shifted tactics, removing crews from at least six boats before sinking the vessels amid a crisis where Ecuador has seen more than 25,000 murders in three years.
- Pentagon figures indicate operations have killed more than 200 people, while rights groups and fishermen have questioned the campaign, alleging vessels were targeted without sufficient evidence of trafficking links.
- While in Quito, Secretary Rubio announced the designation of Los Tiguerones as a "terrorist organization" and imposed sanctions against seven Ecuadorian former officials after talks with President Daniel Noboa.
- Rubio arrived in Lima late Wednesday to meet Peruvian leaders on the final stop of his regional tour, where he is expected to advance the "Shield of the Americas" initiative, a US-backed security partnership with President Keiko Fujimori.
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Attacks against alleged drug boats are necessary if cartels are not to destroy Latin American countries, it says.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended controversial US military raids on boats Washington says are involved in drug trafficking on Wednesday, warning that Latin American criminal gangs would "devour" countries in the region if action was not taken, AFP reported.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended controversial US military raids on boats Washington says are involved in drug trafficking on Wednesday, warning that Latin American criminal gangs would "devour" countries in the region if action was not taken, AFP reported.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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