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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Border Commandos, the group that killed 11 soldiers in Ecuador, thrives on drug trafficking and illegal mining.
By GONZALO SOLANO QUITO (AP) — The Ecuadorian Army on Monday identified the alleged guerrilla member of the Border Commandos group who died in the ambush carried out by that criminal organization over the weekend, which killed 11 Ecuadorian soldiers and which, according to experts, showed that the country also has a deep-rooted violence problem in the border area with Colombia. In a statement, the army identified the deceased as alias “Compadre”…
Ecuador deploys 1500 troops to counter Colombian guerrillas
The Ministry of Defence of Ecuador announced on Monday the deployment of more than 1500 military personnel to track down the dissidents of the Colombian guerrillas of the former FARC who killed 11 soldiers on Friday during an operation aimed at illegal mining.
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