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Since taking office last January, President Trump has been focused on stopping the cartels targeting the United States. And, according to a Friday night statement, the U.S. military is now supporting an anti-narcoterrorist effort in Ecuador.
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From the Daily Caller:
Since September 2, U.S. military forces have conducted multiple strikes against drug-running vessels, including sinking a boat with 11 members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, which was designated a foreign terrorist organization by Trump on Jan. 20, 2025. The statement noted that Ecuadorian forces were carrying out combat operations against terrorist groups.
“At the order of @SecWar, #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan directed the joint force to support Ecuadorian forces conducing lethal kinetic operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations within Ecuador March 6,” United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) posted on X.
“We are advancing alongside our partners in the fight against narcoterrorism,” Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan said in the post on X. “I congratulate our joint forces and the Ecuadorian armed forces for the successful operation against narcoterrorists in Ecuador. This collaborative and decisive action is a strategic success for all nations in the Western Hemisphere committed to disrupting and defeating narcoterrorism.”
You can view the SOUTHCOM X post below.
At the order of @SecWar, #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan directed the joint force to support Ecuadorian forces conducing lethal kinetic operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations within Ecuador March 6.
“We are advancing alongside our partners in the fight… https://t.co/egyAlEZYOB
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) March 6, 2026
The Caller notes that Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Los Choneros and Los Lobos, two Ecuadorian gangs tied to Mexican cartels, as foreign terrorist organizations in early September. President Trump, meanwhile, designated the drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations on the day he was inaugurated.
This will likely remind many intercessors of the military’s strikes against Tren de Aragua’s drug-running boats, or January’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. In both cases, the Trump administration took decisive action to keep America safe. Now, in Ecuador, our military is once again working to protect us.
Let’s pray for our service members as they fight overseas, and let’s pray for God’s will to be done!
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(Excerpt from the Daily Caller. Photo Credit: Screenshot/X via U.S. Southern Command)
