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Ecuador's security profile sharpened again on Wednesday as Washington extended its campaign of formal terrorist designations against Andean criminal networks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking from Quito during a three-nation tour, named Los Tiguerones a foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist, citing the group's role in supporting Mexican cartel drug exports and its attacks on civilians and law enforcement.
Los Tiguerones is the latest in a series. In July, the State Department designated three other Ecuador-based groups under the same framework, among them Los Lobos and Los Choneros.
Rubio said the campaign would continue: "They're not ordinary. These are violent, bloodthirsty terrorist organizations.
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