Rubio Designates Ecuadorian Gang Los Tiguerones as Foreign Terrorist Organization
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist due to their involvement in narcotrafficking and violent attacks on civilians, law enforcement, and journalists, including a 2024 takeover of an Ecuadorian television station during a live broadcast.
- The Foreign Terrorist Organization designation blocks all property of Los Tiguerones in the U.S. or controlled by Americans and prohibits Americans from transacting with the gang.
- Rubio announced new U.S. financial and security support for Ecuador, including a $45 million funding request, initiatives against illegal mining and drug trafficking, the delivery of a Coast Guard cutter to boost maritime security, and plans to modernize extradition arrangements.
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Quito, Sep 9 (EFE).- The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, announced on Wednesday that the administration of Donald Trump declared as a terrorist organization the Ecuadorian criminal gang Los Tiguerones, one of the criminal groups responsible for the unprecedented wave of violence that the Andean country suffers. After meeting in Quito [...] The entry U.S. declares terrorist organization to the Ecuadorian criminal gang Los Ti…
The US has designated the Los Tiguerones criminal gang, which made headlines in early 2024 when masked men stormed a television studio, as a terrorist organization. The post Ecuador: The US has designated the Los Tiguerones criminal gang as a terrorist organization appeared first on in.gr.
The United States has designated Ecuador's Los Tiguerones criminal gang a "foreign terrorist organization" as part of its fight against drug trafficking in Latin America. "We are not talking about a regular mafia, we are not talking about criminals, we are talking about terrorists," said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a visit to Ecuador, a close ally of Washington. Rapid increase in crime The country, once one of the safest countries i…
After Colombia on Tuesday, the head of US diplomacy Marco Rubio was in Ecuador on Wednesday, where he focused on the fight against drug cartels. He announced that the Ecuadorian Los Tiguerones gang would now be designated as a "terrorist organization". His Latin American tour aims to consolidate alliances with conservative leaders in the region.
At the second stop of the ally turn in South America, in Ecuador, the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced the inclusion of an Ecuadorian criminal organization on the list of groups considered terrorists by the U.S., and promised new security aid to the government of Ecuador. According to Rubio, there is no better ally in the region in the fight against drug trafficking than President Daniel Noboa, his host and an old follower of Dona…
The President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa, decorated the US Secretary of State for contributing to bilateral cooperation.
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