07FEB24- 🏛 "In an unusual measure, the US Treasury Department ordered economic sanctions against Adolfo Macías, alias 'Fito,' leader of Los Choneros, and a fugitive from justice since January, after 'disappearing' from a prison in Guayaquil. The sanctions also cover the criminal gang Los Choneros, which they link to Mexican drug trafficking cartels.
"Drug gangs like Los Choneros, many of them linked to powerful Mexican drug cartels, threaten the lives and livelihoods of communities in Ecuador and throughout the region," said Brian E. Nelson, deputy secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, cited in a statement.
As a result of the sanctions, all assets and interests in assets of those sanctioned that are in the United States or that are in the power or control of Americans are blocked. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions Los Choneros and "Fito" for "having participated, or attempted to participate, in activities or transactions that have materially contributed,
or pose a significant risk of contributing materially, to the international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of production." Upon learning of the sanctions, the US ambassador to Ecuador, Michael Fitzpatrick, noted that the measures "demonstrate the willingness of the United States to use all available tools, including economic ones, to hold transnational criminal actors accountable." -
-'The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away'-
(cud happen to anybody)
Matthew 25:40 (KJV) "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻♂️💰
My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course,
now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this:
plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams,
a 9mm Taurus for say $1200.
a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ
i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process!
'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA,
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of ...
16SEP26💯%Choneros🚀"On Sept. 16, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM)
forces successfully interdicted a floating refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in the Eastern Pacific.
Intelligence confirmed the vessel's involvement with the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist organization.
Individuals removed from the vessel have been transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it.
JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
"Alongside our Ecuadorian partners, we are relentlessly pursuing narco-terrorists who prey on our citizens,
undermine hemispheric security, and leave death and suffering in their wake. This deliberate, lawful, and precise operation saves lives and makes our citizens—from Ecuador to the United States—safer." -
SOUTHCOM ...
"It is an absurdity, it is laughable, to speak of such a
pending disaster as "The End of the World."
We are discussing the end of Humanity, or we are discussing the
end of Civilization, or we are perhaps even discussing
the end of some this or that Empire that we mistakenly
believe to identify with.
The end of the world will come when the sun
expands and engulfs it.
Now, is it truly a surprise that our discourse relates
economic tragedy with an ecological one?
That we actually behave as though a marked downturn in
the Market can somehow be compared to the death of Nature?
We are so enamored with our vastness and resource that we have forgotten the lark and the sparrow.
So I say, come armageddon. Come, you horsemen.
Let us speak these things no more."
— Takici Kaneko, 1934 - 'SteamPunk Magazine' 3-A4
https://archive.org/stream/SteamPunk_Magazine_3-A4/SteamPunk%20Magazine%203-A4_djvu.txt
07SEP26👷🏼♀️👷🏽👷🏼♂️Happy Labor Day🌭🍔🍻💪🏼🦾to US/CAN/ECU do it again⁉️
#Ecuador🪖'US MARINE AIRCRAFT ALREADY IN ECUADOR FOR OPERATIONS IN ALTO PUTUMAYO IN ORELLANA-
"The Armed Forces of Ecuador receive support from a US MV-22B Osprey aircraft for military operations in Alto Putumayo, Orellana.
🇪🇨/🇺🇸
This cooperation strengthens the mobility, transportation, and logistical support capabilities of the military units." -
https://x.com/eldatoecua/status/2097099950479806862?s=46&t=i54L5FgQ-47_fA61IWaAQg
