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The U.S. opened its first permanent FBI office in Ecuador on March 11, housed within the U.S. Embassy in Quito, with agents embedded alongside a newly created unit of Ecuador's National Police.

The U.S. opened its first permanent FBI office in Ecuador on March 11, housed within the U.S. Embassy in Quito, with agents embedded alongside a newly created unit of Ecuador's National Police.

A memorandum of understanding establishing the FBI office was signed at the Vice Presidency by Interior Minister John Reimberg, Vice President María José Pinto and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Lawrence Petroni, who said the agreement would improve the "capacity to identify, dismantle and bring to justice those who traffic drugs, launder money, smuggle weapons and finance terrorism."

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A memorandum of understanding establishing the FBI office was signed at the Vice Presidency by Interior Minister John Reimberg, Vice President María José Pinto and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Lawrence Petroni, who said the agreement would improve the "capacity to identify, dismantle and bring to justice those who traffic drugs, launder money, smuggle weapons and finance terrorism."

Ecuador announced an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew from March 15-30 in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and El Oro, with more than 35,000 police and military personnel set to deploy across the four provinces.

Ecuador announced an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew from March 15-30 in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and El Oro, with more than 35,000 police and military personnel set to deploy across the four provinces.

The U.S. and Ecuador conducted their first joint military operation on Latin American soil on March 3, targeting Los Choneros and Los Lobos — both designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. — with American forces providing logistical and intelligence support.

The U.S. and Ecuador conducted their first joint military operation on Latin American soil on March 3, targeting Los Choneros and Los Lobos — both designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. — with American forces providing logistical and intelligence support.

Ecuador and the U.S. Coast Guard jointly seized 1.9 tons of suspected drugs at sea valued at approximately $40 million in U.S. markets and $70 million in Europe, with two Ecuadorian nationals arrested in the operation.

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Ecuador and the U.S. Coast Guard jointly seized 1.9 tons of suspected drugs at sea valued at approximately $40 million in U.S. markets and $70 million in Europe, with two Ecuadorian nationals arrested in the operation.

Ecuador recorded 9,216 intentional homicides in 2025 — a rate of 50.9 per 100,000 inhabitants and the highest in the country's history — as the nation evolved from a drug transit corridor into a major cocaine export platform, with around 70% of the world's cocaine shipped through its Pacific ports.

Ecuador recorded 9,216 intentional homicides in 2025 — a rate of 50.9 per 100,000 inhabitants and the highest in the country's history — as the nation evolved from a drug transit corridor into a major cocaine export platform, with around 70% of the world's cocaine shipped through its Pacific ports.

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