Jared Curtis, US Air Force Major of the

Jared Curtis, US Air Force Major of the Forward Operations Location (FOL), speaks to the press at the US Manta Militar Base in Ecuador, on October 23, 2008. The US government decided to move about 120 militaries from Ecuador, based here to help on anti drug trafficking air opperations, after a decision of the Ecuadorean government to not renew a bilateral cooperation agreement, which will expire on November 2009. The FOL is part of the ongoing cooperation between the US and Ecuador to combat the transnational threat of drug trafficking and protect Ecuador. AFP PHOTO / Rodrigo BUENDIA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)