Agreement that expires next year lets U.S. conduct anti - drug operations from Ecuador . ' Ecuador notified the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday that it will not renew the agreement after it expires in November 2009 , the U.S. military officials said . ` ` do not want foreign troops on our soil , '' Ecuadorian government says . US State Department says : This will leave ` ` serious gap '' in anti - drug effort .
Agreement that expires next year lets U.S. conduct anti - drug operations from Ecuador . ' ` ` do not want foreign troops on our soil , '' Ecuadorian government says . US State Department says : This will leave ` ` serious gap '' in anti - drug effort .