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  "id": 6485947,
  "title": "Notorious Ecuadorian crime gang designated a terrorist group by US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/notorious-ecuadorian-crime-gang-designated-a-terrorist-group-by-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T22:19:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/ecuador-drugs-gang-terrorist-group-los-tiguerones-rubio"
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  "summary": "Trump administration to seek extra funding from Congress to ‘dismantle’ Los Tiguerones over narcotics trafficking The US has designated Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones gang, which stormed a television station during a live broadcast in 2024, as a terrorist organisation as the Trump administration expands its campaign against narcotics traffickers it says are destabilising Latin America. US secretary of…",
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        "title": "Notorious Ecuadorian crime gang designated a terrorist group by US",
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        "published": "2026-09-09T22:19:25.000Z"
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