{"id":501698,"date":"2026-03-07T16:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/ecuadors-president-says-that-time-has-run-out-for-the-mafias-of-america\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:30:58","slug":"ecuadors-president-says-that-time-has-run-out-for-the-mafias-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/ecuadors-president-says-that-time-has-run-out-for-the-mafias-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador&#8217;s president says that &#8220;time has run out&#8221; for the &#8220;mafias&#8221; of America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Miami.- <\/strong>Ecuador&#8217;s President Daniel Noboa asserted this Saturday that &#8220;their time is up&#8221; for the &#8220;mafias (that) believed America was their territory,&#8221; during a summit in Miami convened by his US counterpart, Donald Trump, which was attended by other right-wing leaders from the region.<\/p>\n\n\n&#8220;For too long, the mafias believed that America was their territory. That they could cross borders, move drugs, weapons, and violence without consequences. That time is over,&#8221; the president wrote on his X social media account.\n\nFollowing his brief statement, Noboa attached photos with the presidents who attended the summit, called &#8216;Shield of the Americas,&#8217; and one in which the U.S. president is seen showing a signed decree formalizing the new &#8216;military coalition&#8217; in Latin America against drug cartels, which was announced this Saturday.\n\nThe Ecuadorian president had indicated weeks ago that he would attend the meeting for &#8220;a matter of security&#8221;, since, he assured, the country needs &#8220;international help to give security to Ecuadorians&#8221;.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/netanyahu-sobre-los-ataques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netanyahu on the attacks on Iran: &#8220;We will continue with all our strength&#8221;<\/a><br><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-operacion-conjunta-ecuador-ee-uu-en-sucumbios\"><strong>Joint Operation Ecuador-U.S. in Sucumb\u00edos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThis very week, the United States and Ecuador initiated joint military operations on Ecuadorian soil against &#8220;terrorist&#8221; organizations, in which, as was learned on Friday, they bombed and destroyed a training camp of the Border Commands, one of the dissident criminal groups of the extinct guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).\n\nThe operation took place in the Amazonian province of Sucumb\u00edos, bordering Colombia, where the Ecuadorian military attacked with intelligence information and US support a rest camp of the Border Commands that, according to official information, belonged to the leader nicknamed Mono Tole and had the capacity to &#8220;train up to fifty drug traffickers&#8221;.\n\nThe United States has become a key partner for Ecuador in the &#8220;war&#8221; that President Noboa declared at the beginning of 2024 against criminal gangs, which he classified as &#8220;terrorists&#8221; for being the cause of the worst crisis of violence in the country&#8217;s history, which has led it to be at the head of Latin America in the homicide index.\n\nThe summit this Saturday is also attended by the presidents of Argentina, Javier Milei; Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz; Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chavez; Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader; El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; Guyana, Irfaan Ali; Honduras, Nasry Asfura; Panama, Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino; Paraguay, Santiago Pe\u00f1a, and Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/trump-reconocimiento-delcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump announces recognition of Delcy Rodr\u00edguez&#8217;s government after re-establishing relations with Venezuela<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAlso participating is the president-elect of Chile, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast, who will take office next Wednesday.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami.- Ecuador&#8217;s President Daniel Noboa asserted this Saturday that &#8220;their time is up&#8221; for the &#8220;mafias (that) believed America was their territory,&#8221; during a summit in Miami convened by his US counterpart, Donald Trump, which was attended by other right-wing leaders from the region. &#8220;For too long, the mafias believed that America was their territory. 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