🇺🇸🇪🇨 US troops are joining ground raids in Latin America as the Pentagon puts land strikes against cartels on the table
Southern Command chief Gen. Francis Donovan:
"Do I see land strikes as options? Yes.
We want all options at the table."
Last week about 50 US personnel joined Ecuadorean police in predawn raids on a cocaine ring tied to a Mexican cartel, a first for Ecuador, backed by drones that can see under the jungle canopy.
The Pentagon may shift Reaper drones from Africa to cover it, but Iran has already shot down about 30 and the production line is closed, so how many wars can one shrinking drone fleet cover?
Source: Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel
🇺🇸🇪🇨 U.S. troops walked into predawn house raids in Ecuador and helped bag a crew tied to Mexico’s Jalisco cartel
About 50 SOUTHCOM personnel and DEA agents went with more than 320 Ecuadorian police.
Dozens arrested, including the alleged boss and the money man.
First time Quito says American troops did the door-kicking with them, not just the briefing.
The coke was moving out of Colombian labs, parked in Ecuador, and billed as a Mexican cartel job.
That is 3 countries in one morning, which is why they showed up together.
Writer: Lucas
This is absolutely epic. The Colombian president personally escorted one of the biggest drug traffickers in Colombia to the plane to the United States to face American justice.
Colombia is in great hands for the next 4 years.
Back in 2008 oil damn near hit $148 a barrel and gas was around 4 bucks.
Now oil is way lower and somehow we’re still paying more at the pump.
You can throw out all the excuses you want, but regular people know when something smells fishy.
Something ain’t right.