{"id":100897,"date":"2026-09-25T02:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-troops-help-ecuador-arrest-dozens-linked-to-notorious-mexican-cartel\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:56:55","slug":"u-s-troops-help-ecuador-arrest-dozens-linked-to-notorious-mexican-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-troops-help-ecuador-arrest-dozens-linked-to-notorious-mexican-cartel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. troops help Ecuador arrest dozens linked to notorious Mexican cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. troops helped Ecuador dismantle a local branch of Mexico&#8217;s notorious <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-new-leader-jalisco-cartel-after-el-mencho-killed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation Cartel<\/a><\/span> (CJNG), arresting more than 30 members, Ecuador&#8217;s interior minister said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p> Quito, a Washington ally, is enthusiastically <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ecuador-us-backed-anti-drug-operations-were-at-war\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cooperating<\/a><\/span> with President Trump&#8217;s crackdown on organized crime across Latin America.<\/p>\n<p> Thursday&#8217;s early-morning operation &#8220;was conducted jointly with U.S. troops and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),&#8221; Ecuadoran Interior Minister John Reimberg <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnReimberg\/status\/2103073955263181121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Over 30 Ecuadorans were arrested for allegedly belonging to the group with a &#8220;direct connection to the CJNG,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p> The minister said the group was involved in trafficking cocaine from Colombia, the world&#8217;s largest producer, to international markets via ports in southwestern Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p> Some 320 Ecuadoran police officers and 50 uniformed personnel from the U.S. Southern Command took part in the operation spanning several cities, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reimberg also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnReimberg\/status\/2103134472879448088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released photos and videos<\/a> of the operation, showing officers conduct raids and arrests suspects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/7f689324-057a-4a74-9cf5-b06b47a656a9\/thumbnail\/620x539g2\/5dc728f082bd48791125d8ee474ad9c3\/ecuador-hs-cs-cw8aaiso.jpg#\" alt=\"ecuador-hs-cs-cw8aaiso.jpg \" height=\"539\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/7f689324-057a-4a74-9cf5-b06b47a656a9\/thumbnail\/620x539g2\/5dc728f082bd48791125d8ee474ad9c3\/ecuador-hs-cs-cw8aaiso.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/7f689324-057a-4a74-9cf5-b06b47a656a9\/thumbnail\/1240x1078g2\/c13798d97f83e7f3f4bb5f0c639bf212\/ecuador-hs-cs-cw8aaiso.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The operation &#8220;was conducted jointly with U.S. troops and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),&#8221; Ecuadoran Interior Minister John Reimberg said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ecuadoran Interior Minister John Reimberg<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The military offensive against criminal organizations in Ecuador has caused alarm among human rights organizations, which denounce cases of excessive use of force, torture and enforced disappearance.<\/p>\n<p> Right-wing President Daniel Noboa brushed off those concerns during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We receive plenty of criticism regarding the fight against organized crime and very little concern about the number of victims we are seeing from organized crime,&#8221; Noboa said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, American commandos\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-commandos-ecuador-joint-mission-alleged-narco-terrorists\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">joined<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Ecuadorian troops in a joint mission aimed at dismantling a suspected criminal hub operated by an alleged narco-terrorist organization along the country&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador has gone from being one of South America&#8217;s safest countries to a cocaine trafficking hub in a few short years, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/charred-bodies-ecuador-gang-related-messages-los-lobos\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">plagued by gangs<\/a><\/span> with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal gang violence continues unabated in Ecuador following the recapture in June 2025 of the country&#8217;s biggest drug lord,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jose-adolfo-macias-fito-recaptured-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Adolfo Mac\u00edas<\/a><\/span>, who leads the &#8220;Los Choneros&#8221; 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