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US gives Ecuador nearly $20 million in new funding, drones to fight drug gangs

WORLD NEWS
05-09-2025 13:27 HKT
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Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," appears in U.S. federal court on international charges of drug and weapons trafficking in New York, U.S., July 21, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," appears in U.S. federal court on international charges of drug and weapons trafficking in New York, U.S., July 21, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo

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This handout image released by Disney on September 24, 2025, shows Jimmy Kimmel during the taping of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" at the Capitan Entertainment Centre on September 23, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Randy Holmes / ABC / AFP)
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U.S. and Indian flags and U.S. H-1B Visa application forms are seen in this illustration taken, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo
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