US Sending General, Top State Department Officials to Ecuador
- Country reels from spasms of violence in war with drug gangs
- Crisis empties Ecuador’s streets, imperils tourism industry
Soldiers patrol the Civic square in Cuenca, Ecuador on Jan. 11.
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The US will send top military, State Department and law enforcement officials to Ecuador to offer assistance as that country battles a terror campaign launched by powerful narco gangs.
The visits over the coming weeks will “explore with Ecuadorian counterparts ways we can work together more effectively to confront the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement on Thursday night.