Rubio says we will “explode” foreign crime groups if necessary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would “explode” foreign criminal groups, if necessary, probably in collaboration with other countries.

“Now they will help us find these people and blow them up if necessary,” Rubio said during a visit to Ecuador.

He also announced that the United States would identify two of the largest criminal gangs in Ecuador, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, as foreign terrorist organizations.

The comments come days after US forces strike a boat in the Caribbean. The White House says he killed 11 drugs, although he did not release their identity.

Asked if the smugglers coming from us allies, such as Mexico and Ecuador, could encounter “one -sided performance” by US forces, Rubio said that “cooperative governments” would help identify smugglers.

“The president said he wanted to wage war on these groups because they have been waging war from us for 30 years and no one answered.

“But there is no need to do it in many cases with friendly governments, because friendly governments will help us.”

Ecuadorian and Mexican governments did not say they would help with military strikes.

As a result of The strike on Tuesday on the ship in the South CaribbeanPresident Donald Trump said the military operation was aimed at members of the Venezuelan band Tren de Aragua as they were transporting illegal drugs to the United States.

Legal experts told the BBC to check the strike He may have violated the international human right of man and the law.

Late on Thursday, the Ministry of Defense accused a two military aircraft in Venezuela to fly near a US ship in a “highly provocative move designed to interfere with our counter operations at Narco-Terror”. Venezuela is yet to meet the claim.

Also on Thursday, Rubio announced that Washington would issue $ 13.5 million (£ 10 million) to help with security and $ 6 million in drone technology to help Ecuador reduce drug trafficking.

Ecuador violence has increased in recent years when criminal gangs are fighting to control the lucrative cocaine routes

According to government data, about 70% of the world’s cocaine is now passing through Ecuador to transit from neighboring production countries, such as Colombia and Peru, to markets in the US, Europe and Asia.

This designation is desired by Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who described his grip on criminal gangs as a “war.”

In Interview with BBC earlier this yearHe said he would “rejoice” if the United States examined Los Lobos and Los Choneros as terrorist groups, because “these are actually.”

He also said he wanted American and European armies to join his battle.

Noboa is trying to change Ecuador’s constitution to allow foreign military bases in the country – after the last US was closed in 2009.

The designation means that the United States can focus on the assets and properties of anyone related to groups and share intelligence with the Ecuadorian government without restriction so as to take “potentially deadly” action.

The Ecuador Cartel Violence was an engine behind the South American migration in the United States.

According to immigration law experts, it is unclear whether determining cartels as terrorist organizations can help or prevent their victims seeking asylum in the United States.

On the one hand, this may mean that they are now considered victims of “terrorism”, but on the other, some are afraid of those who have to pay gangs can be punished for “essential support”.