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Faced with the growing presence of illegal armed groups on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces intensified security and controls in the region to prevent these groups from crossing into Ecuadorian territory, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces’ Joint Command said via Twitter.
His nearly four decades of military service in the Ecuadorian Armed Forces speak to the experience and professionalism of Army Major General Nelson Proaño Rodríguez, who took office as head of the Armed Forces’ Joint Command on May 5, 2022.
Ecuadorian Defense Minister Major General (ret.) Luis Lara Jaramillo knows his country’s Armed Forces firsthand. During his 38-year military career he led several special operations groups and served as infantry commander and as defense attaché to the Ecuadorian Embassy in Chile, among other roles, until he reached the highest military position as head of the Armed Forces’ Joint Command, between 2019 and 2021.
U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, met with Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso and senior Ecuadorian defense leaders to discuss continued bilateral cooperation during a visit to Ecuador this week.