Ecuador's president enlists ex-Blackwater chief in controversial crime crackdown

Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election, announced the partnership with Erik Prince, a supporter of Donald Trump Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, has announced a "strategic alliance" with the Donald Trump-supporting founder of the private military firm Blackwater to supposedly reinforce his controversial "war" on crime. Noboa, the rightwing heir to a South American banana empire, announced the partnership with Erik Prince on social media on Tuesday night.