NewsNation: Ecuador drug lord's prison escape shows shift to 'narco-terrorist threat'

Jan 11, 2024

This interview first appeared on NewsNation.

January 10, 2024 - Ecuador's most wanted criminal escaped from prison, triggering a surge in riots and violence in the country. Michael Brown, global director of Counter-Narcotics Technology for Rigaku Analytical Devices, joins "NewsNation Now" to discuss what the escape of Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar means, saying it represents a "criminal metamorphosis" into narco-terrorism.

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Michael W. Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. He has a distinguished career spanning more than 32 years as a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. Prior to that he served as the country attaché in India and Myanmar providing foreign advisory support for counter narcotic enforcement. He also spent 10 years in Pakistan as a special advisor to the US Embassy on various law enforcement issues. Michael is a graduate of the United States Ranger Training Battalion and has a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Technology and Management from the University of Eastern Michigan.

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