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US mistakenly destroys dairy farm in Ecuador instead of drug traffickers’ base (caliber.az)

submitted 2 weeks ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/nottheonion@sh.itjust.works

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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The headline isn't even accurate apparently. All the new articles out about this today with more info say that it wasn't even US forces, it was Ecuador with the support of US hardware.

The incident reportedly took place in the remote village of San Martín in northern Ecuador. According to the newspaper’s sources, US forces did not directly participate in the operation but provided a helicopter that transported Ecuadorian soldiers to the site on March 3.

The farm’s owner and local residents deny claims that the site was used to store weapons, NYT writes. According to locals, the strike was part of a broader multi-day operation by Ecuadorian forces, who earlier that week burned two abandoned houses nearby and later dropped bombs on another building.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I quit reading when you started quoting news organizations, the US is driving this, Ecuador is not calling shit here, Ecuador is a bitch. Columbia is a man.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I quit reading when you started quoting news organizations

Do you even think about what you're writing for a single second before it spills out?

Explain how you're supposed to get information about an event outside your neighborhood other than a news organization? You'd rather that come from a government? Are you there to ask them yourself? No. So you're going to get your information about it from SOMEWHERE else. Maybe you mean something more direct like Twitter, but that can't be trusted since it's run by Nazis and overrun by bots and disinformation campaigns.

The people at the farm said they were Ecuadorian soldiers. I imagine they're able to tell Americans from locals fairly easily.