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August 22, 2025

What Will Come of a New Ecuador-U.S. Security Agreement?

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Ecuadorean Interior Minister John Reimberg on July 31 signed a new security agreement between the two countries. // Photo: Ecuadorean Government.

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Mike Fitzpatrick, senior advisor to Dinámica Americas and former U.S. ambassador to Ecuador (2019-2024): “Well-financed criminal groups routinely operate with impunity across international borders, flouting sovereignty while committing crimes in one jurisdiction before skipping to another to avoid prosecution. Domestic and foreign gangs increasingly have bent Ecuador’s public and private institutions to their will, making the previously peaceful country one of the most violent on the planet. Nations committed to the rule of law must improve their own multinational coordination and information-sharing efforts to reverse these trends. The assignment of an Ecuadorean police liaison to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s National Targeting Center is a great step forward, designed to improve both the speed and quality of information shared among cooperating law enforcement agencies. In the best of cases…”

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