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Coverage dated September 3, 2025

Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuador gangs as foreign terrorist groups:

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The announcement targeting Los Lobos and Los Choneros came after a lethal U.S. military strike​ against a similarly designated gang in Venezuela.

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  1. CBS News

    Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuador gangs as foreign terrorist groups: (opens CBS News)

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    The announcement targeting Los Lobos and Los Choneros came after a lethal U.S. military strike​ against a similarly designated gang in Venezuela.

  2. Delaware Public Media

    The U.S. is designating Ecuador's largest gangs as terrorists (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The U.S. is designating Ecuador's two largest gangs — Los Choneros and Los Lobos — as foreign terrorist organizations.

  3. BNO News

    U.S. declares Ecuador gangs terrorists; announces deal on foreign deportees (opens BNO News)

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    Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in Quito that the United States is designating Ecuador’s Los Lobos and Los Choneros gangs as terrorist organizations, part of a broader campaign against Latin American cartels. He also said Ecuador has agreed to accept U.S. deportees under a new arrangement.

  4. WDIO Duluth

    Rubio says US is designating 2 more gangs as foreign terrorist groups (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. It's the Trump administration’s latest move against cartels. The announcement Thursday came as Rubio traveled to Ecuador to meet with its leaders in a trip to Latin America t…

  5. KAAL Rochester

    US designates 2 more gangs in Latin America as foreign terrorist groups (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. It's the Trump administration’s latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin America.

  6. The Boston Globe

    Rubio says US is designating two more gangs as foreign terrorist groups (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the COVID-19 pandemic.

  7. Latin Times

    Who Are Los Choneros and Los Lobos, the Ecuador Cartels the U.S. Just Declared Terrorist Groups? (opens Latin Times)

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    Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Ecuadorian capital to declare two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.

  8. CNN

    US designates two Ecuadorian criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations (opens CNN)

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    The US State Department is designating two Ecuadorian criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in the country’s capital Quito on Thursday.

  9. Al Jazeera

    ‘It’s a war’: Marco Rubio labels Ecuadorian cartels ‘foreign terrorists’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The US diplomat suggested continued action against Latin American gangs while in Ecuador, days after a strike on a boat.

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