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PufPuf23

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8. Under Plan Colombia, the US had an airbase in Manta.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 01:43 AM
12 hrs ago

Intelligence from the Manta airbase was used to bomb a FARC camp within Ecuador using US smart bombs and likely using aircraft and pilots from DynCorp, a US military contractor.

https://upsidedownworld.org/news-briefs/news-briefs-news-briefs/ecuador-manta-air-base-tied-to-colombian-raid-on-farc-camp/

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ecuador-says-us-helped-colombia-plan-08-bombing-idUSTRE5B9530/

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2008/03/24/us-air-base-tied-colombian-raid-farc-camp

I can see no good reason for Ecuador to allow a US military base on the Galapagos.

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