US EditionEcuador declares national mourning for 11 troops killed by guerrillas
- On Friday, 11 Ecuadoran soldiers died near the Colombian border in an ambush carried out by guerrillas during an operation against illegal mining in the Amazon.
- The attack resulted from ongoing violence linked to cocaine trafficking through Ecuadoran ports, involving dissident FARC splinter groups refusing to disarm after the 2016 peace deal.
- Around 80 soldiers faced an ambush with explosives, grenades, and firearms by the Comandos de la Frontera, a criminal FARC faction engaged in drug trafficking in the Colombia-Ecuador border region.
- Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced a three-day period of national mourning and vowed on social media to identify and stop those responsible for the attack.
- The incident highlights the expanding threat of armed groups amid spikes in violence and drug trafficking, complicating regional security and efforts to protect the territory.
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Santa Maria TimesEcuador declares mourning for the deaths of 11 soldiers allegedly killed by ex-FARC dissidents.
QUITO (AP) — Ecuador declared three days of national mourning Saturday for the deaths of 11 soldiers ambushed with explosives in an attack the Andean country's military blames on dissidents of the now-defunct Ecuadorian Armed Forces.
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