In Quito, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets President Daniel Noboa as Washington deepens security ties with Ecuador against drug trafficking groups.
Rubio pledges $45m in extra funding and more military equipment under the Shield of the Americas initiative, while U.S. forces extend operations into the Pacific, targeting suspected narco vessels. Fishermen describe boats sunk, detentions and killings, as judges free some detainees for lack of evidence and concerns grow over US intervention.
Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Quito, Ecuador.
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