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U.S. and Ecuador Launch Joint Operation to Bomb Drug Traffickers’ Training Camp Near Colombian Border

HeadlineMar 09, 2026

The U.S. and Ecuador announced on Friday that they carried out a joint operation to bomb a drug traffickers’ training camp in northeast Ecuador near the Colombian border. The camp belonged to the Comandos de la Frontera, a Colombian crime group made up of former members of the FARC.

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