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President of Ecuador allies with US mercenary for 'war on crime'

The Guardian

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March 13, 2025

Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, has announced a "strategic alliance" with the Donald Trump-supporting founder of the private military firm Blackwater, supposedly to reinforce his controversial "war" on crime.

- Tom Phillips

President of Ecuador allies with US mercenary for 'war on crime'

Noboa, the rightwing heir to a South American banana empire, announced the partnership with Erik Prince on Tuesday night.

"We have established a strategic alliance to strengthen our capabilities in the fight against narco-terrorism and to protect our waters from illegal fishing," Noboa posted on X.

"Organised crime has sown fear and believed it can operate with impunity. Their time is running out. International aid is beginning to flow to Ecuador," added the president, who is seeking re-election in the second round of the country's presidential election next month.

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