Dagaalka Maraykanka ee dhulka biyaha ku dhaca barkadaha Ekwador wuxuu keenay khilaaf daacadnimo oo macaamiisha u dhexeeya
Maraykanku wuxuu 8-kii September ku qabtay barkad Ekwadoriyiin ah oo lagu magacaabo Don Rufo, kadib markii ay sheegteen inay tahay goob biyaha ku jirta oo loo isticmaalo dhaqaalaha, halka macaamiishu ay sheegeen inay yihiin dad shaqo wada. Tani waxay ahayd mid ka mid ah 8-ka howlgal ee la sameeyay muddo laba todobaad gudahood ah.
Howlgallada iyo xukunka Ekwador
Madaxweynaha Ekwador, Daniel Noboa, wuxuu sheegay in howlgalladan ay yihiin kuwo iskaashiga ah, isagoo saxiixay heshiis la xiriira in ciidamada Maraykanku ay ka aamini karaan dambiyo. Trumpna wuxuu sheegay inay yihiin kuwo la mid ah kuwa loo qaadayo kooxda ISIS, isagoo sheegay inay la dagaallamaan kuwa dambi gelinaya.
Howlgalladan ayaa inta badan ku dhaca biyaha, laakiin waxaa jira 70-kii howlgal oo la sameeyay tan iyo sanadkii hore, kuwaas oo ku dhintay 234 qof. Xukuumaddu waxay sheegtay inay sameyneyso howlgallo si sharci ah loo fuliyo, halka macaamiishu ay sheegeen inay yihiin dad aan waxba galin.
Dhibaatada macaamiisha iyo xaqiiqada
Macmiilka barkadda Fiorella, oo ay ku jireen 8 qof, wuxuu ku dhintay 20-kii January, halka qoyskoodu ay sheegeen inay ku jiraan xabsi ama inay la socdaan. Qoyska ayaa sheegay inay ku jiraan xaalad adag, iyagoo raadinaya inay helaan warbixin ku saabsan dhibaatada.
Shirkadda xuquuqda aadanaha ee Ekwador waxay sheegtay in 220 qof oo macmiil ah ay ku dhacday dhibaatooyin kala duwan, kuwaas oo ay ku jiraan xabsi iyo dhac. Qoyska macmiilka Fiorella ayaa sheegay inay ku jiraan xaalad adag, iyagoo raadinaya inay helaan warbixin ku saabsan dhibaatada.
Xaaladda guud iyo saameynta
Maraykanku wuxuu sheegay inay sameyneyso howlgallo si sharci ah loo fuliyo, halka macaamiishu ay sheegeen inay yihiin dad aan waxba galin. Howlgalladan ayaa inta badan ku dhaca biyaha, laakiin waxaa jira 70-kii howlgal oo la sameeyay tan iyo sanadkii hore, kuwaas oo ku dhintay 234 qof.
Shirkadda xuquuqda aadanaha ee Ekwador waxay sheegtay in 220 qof oo macmiil ah ay ku dhacday dhibaatooyin kala duwan, kuwaas oo ay ku jiraan xabsi iyo dhac. Qoyska macmiilka Fiorella ayaa sheegay inay ku jiraan xaalad adag, iyagoo raadinaya inay helaan warbixin ku saabsan dhibaatada.
As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was honoured in Quito for his role in regional security, Ecuadorian fishermen whose vessel was destroyed by American forces remained stranded in the Pacific. The incident is part of a broader escalation in joint counter-narcotics operations between the US and Ecuador that has drawn sharp criticism from human rights groups.
Escalating Joint Operations in Ecuadorian Waters
On 8 September, a US patrol vessel intercepted the fishing boat Don Rufo in international waters near Ecuador. The US Southern Command stated that intelligence confirmed the vessel was being used by a gang as a 'floating refuelling station' for speedboats allegedly carrying drugs, though the fishers deny this claim. The captain, Mero Calderón, 50, described the encounter as hostile, saying the Americans were 'armed as if they were going to war' and brought two large bombs aboard before destroying the boat. The Ecuadorian navy only rescued the remaining 10 crew members on 10 September.
This incident was one of eight operations involving Ecuadorian boats in just more than two weeks. Unlike the nearly 70 US airstrikes in the Pacific and Caribbean that have killed 234 people since last year, crews were removed before the vessels were sunk in these recent operations. Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, has described the operations as 'joint operations' and signed an agreement with the White House authorising them while granting US military personnel immunity from criminal prosecution.
Human Rights Concerns and Unclaimed Cases
Human rights organisations and journalists have identified three cases from earlier this year that remain unclaimed. The first was on 20 January, when the fishing vessel Fiorella disappeared with eight crew members on board. Human rights organisations and journalists identified two more cases with similar patterns in late March, although the fishers survived. The Washington Post reported that the three cases were part of a covert CIA programme, and the agency declined to comment. A US Southern Command spokesperson said it had no knowledge of, nor were its forces 'involved in the incidents'.
A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are 'reasonable grounds to believe' that the airstrikes constitute 'crimes against humanity'. The local NGO Permanent Committee for the Defence of Human Rights estimates that more than 220 fishers have been subjected to 'violent boardings, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture and the destruction of vessels' in this year's US operations. None of the fishers remains in custody and, while some are still facing prosecution, many have already been acquitted for lack of evidence.
Political Context and Regional Implications
Trump has compared the drug trafficking operations to the campaign against the Islamic state, saying on Tuesday: 'Like ISIS, they should be killed, exiled or detained as enemy combatants without the possibility of release, which is what we're doing'. Rubio said the decision on what approach to take was 'a strike-by-strike or operation-by-operation determination' that depended on the threat and location of the boat, but that the US would 'still blow up ships if need be'. The US and Ecuador have celebrated the recent operations on social media, though three cases from earlier this year remain un
Available data show the operations have had no impact on the volume of cocaine entering the country. Peru and Colombia recently joined the Shield of the Americas coalition, which now includes all but the few countries still governed by the left, such as Mexico and Brazil. The Ecuadorian navy only rescued the remaining 10 crew members on 10 September, and the committee's lawyer, Fernando Bastías, questioned the logic of destroying evidence: 'if the US says the vessels were being used to refuel drug boats, why destroy the evidence?' Families of victims say they have spent months trying to get
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