- Police found eight bodies in plastic bags near Babahoyo; the victims had gone missing traveling from Daule to Milagro and a note blamed the Los Lobos gang in its feud with rival Los Choneros.
- President Daniel Noboa says Ecuador is "at war" with drug gangs, imposing curfews and deploying the military to several provinces.
- The crackdown includes U.S.-backed joint operations (even American commandos); Ecuador — a major cocaine transit route — has seen record violent deaths and the recent extradition of drug lord Adolfo Macías.
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