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U.S. Forces Said They Helped Ecuador Target a Terrorist Organization, But a New Investigation Shows It Was a Dairy Farm

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa speaks next to members of security forces during an operation against drug trafficking in Duran, Ecuador (Credit: Via Getty Images)

U.S. forces claimed earlier this month that they helped Ecuadorean forces target a camp used by a drug-trafficking organization to conduct its criminal enterprise, but a new investigation shows that the location was actually a dairy farm.

The claim was made by The New York Times, which interviewed the farm's owner and some of its workers, as well as local leaders of the village of San Martin, where the strike took place.

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