{"id":202341,"date":"2026-03-04T08:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-and-ecuadorian-militaries-launch-operations-in-ecuador-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:36:18","slug":"us-and-ecuadorian-militaries-launch-operations-in-ecuador-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-and-ecuadorian-militaries-launch-operations-in-ecuador-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Ecuadorian militaries launch operations in Ecuador &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. and Ecuadorian military forces <a href=https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2029011785567572285 data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>launched operations<\/a> in Ecuador targeting &#8220;Designated Terrorist Organizations&#8221; on March 3, <a href=\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/16\/us-southern-commander-retire-early\/86732679007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>U.S. Southern Command<\/a> announced in a statement posted on X.<br \/>The statement said that the operations were to &#8220;combat the scourge of narco-terrorism.&#8221; It did not provide any further details on the operation.<br \/>&#8220;We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to this fight, demonstrating courage and resolve through continued actions against narco-terrorists in their country,\u201d Southern Command Gen. Francis L. Donovan said in the post.<br \/>The Ecuadorian Defense Ministry said it is &#8220;<a href=https:\/\/x.com\/DefensaEc\/status\/2029019038387458492 target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>LAUNCHING A NEW PHASE AGAINST NARCOTERRORISM AND ILLEGAL MINING<\/a>&#8221; in a post on X shortly after the Southern Command announcement. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Azin <a href=https:\/\/x.com\/DanielNoboaOk\/status\/2028555515534414020 target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>said the same<\/a> in a March 2 post on the site.<br \/>The ministry said in a statement to Reuters that the details of the &#8220;offensive&#8221; operation were classified.<br \/>Steven McLoud, a representative for Southern Command, said the Command had &#8220;nothing further to add&#8221; beyond the statement when reached by USA TODAY for comment. USA TODAY has also reached out to the Pentagon and the Ecuadorian Defense Ministry for comment.<br \/><em>This story has been updated.<\/em><br \/><em>Contributing: Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY; Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxOUEQ2TXMzX0R2a3ZyTzVZYmp5Z2ZZcmxoVjlNT3NJNGZOd3hkSVlFNGQwOWN4UFNOS0xtUlhlWFNObzY3d2l4WjZTaDFDRUZSaDJORE9HZmU5WW1PdXhvT01mdFB4enF1SjBfSjJNWlFHLVRVOERsRDBjUURUSXkxYW1BVFhQNU9WQ1EyaGtJRGJVa2N6VWFfT3c5Umg4QTN3Z0hHMkxfRGU2Q0dDUWsxeDNyMjR1djB0OU1pNUF1VUJTdlhhSV9iSVZleHg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. and Ecuadorian military forces launched operations in Ecuador targeting &#8220;Designated Terrorist Organizations&#8221; on March 3, U.S. Southern Command announced in a statement posted on X.The statement said that the operations were to &#8220;combat the scourge of narco-terrorism.&#8221; It did not provide any further details on the operation.&#8220;We commend the men and women of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-202341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}