Eight soldiers were killed during an armed attack in Orellana

Eight soldiers were killed on the afternoon of this Friday, May 9, in Punino, Orellana province, during an operation against illegal mining. The uniformed men belong to the Selva 19 Napo Brigade. Preliminaryly, it is known that they were ambushed by the armed group Comandos de la Frontera. The military arrived by air to the Sardinas sector, bordering Colombia, where an armed confrontation broke out. The criminals attacked them with firearms and …

Eight soldiers of the 19 Napo Jungle Brigade of Ecuador were killed during a recorded armed attack, on the afternoon of May 9, 2025, in the Alto Punino sector, in Orellana. The entry Eight 19 Napo Jungle Brigade soldiers die in an armed attack in Orellana was first published in Teleamazonas.