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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa speaks to members of the foreign press at the government palace in Quito, Ecuador. President Correa had publicly complained in January that Washington had too many military officers in Ecuador, claiming there were 50, and said they had been “infiltrated in all sectors.” Ecuador has ordered as of April of 2014 that all 20 Defense Department employees in the U.S. Embassy’s military group to leave the country by month’s end, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2006, file photo, a US military plane lands at the US base airport in Manta, Ecuador. Shortly after first taking officein 2007, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa purged Ecuador's military of officers deemed to have close relations with U.S. counterparts. He also ended an agreement with Washington that allowed U.S. drug interdiction flights to be based at the Ecuadorean airfield in Manta. Ecuador has ordered, on April 2014, that all 20 Defense Department employees in the U.S. Embassy’s military group to leave the country by month’s end, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
