US strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats raise humanitarian concerns but Trump admin not wavering

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US forces destroyed Ecuadorian fishing boats in international waters near Ecuador, causing humanitarian concerns as affected fishers lose their livelihoods. Despite criticism, US Senator Marco Rubio supports the actions, viewing them as necessary for regional peace.

Attorney says fishers ‘losing their livelihoods’, but Marco Rubio maintains US still willing to ‘blow up ships if need be’ While the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, was being decorated in Quito by Ecuador’s president for “helping to promote peace in the region”, 10 Ecuadorian fishers whose boat had been blown up by US forces were adrift in the eastern Pacific. On 8 September, a day before Rubio arrived, a US patrol vessel intercepted the fishing boat Don Rufo in international waters near Ecuador. Continue reading...