U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launched drug-trafficking crackdown operations in Ecuador on Tuesday, per announcements by the militaries in both countries.The big picture: U.S. Southern Command in a Tuesday night statement said the operations targeted "Designated Terrorist Organizations," hailing the cooperation as "a powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism."SOUTHCOM's commander, Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, met in Qu...