Report presents evidence civilian farmers, fisherman were caught up in anti-drug crime operations from January to March.
The right-wing president highlighted anti-crime operations and economic progress, while critics warned of abuses.
Fault Lines investigates forced disappearances conducted by Ecuador’s military while waging a war against drug cartels.
The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tension over illicit drugs and fate of politician Jorge Glas.
Daniel Noboa has accused Colombia’s Gustavo Petro of failing to take ‘effective measures’ against drug trafficking.
The diplomatic manouevre is the latest sign of tension between right-wing Daniel Noboa and left-wing Gustavo Petro.
President Daniel Noboa has led a hardline effort against local criminal networks, including military operations with US.
A former Supreme Court justice, Celso Gamboa was accused by the US of using government connections to traffic cocaine.
Angel Esteban Aguilar is suspected of masterminding the 2023 assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate.
Leaders of Colombia and Ecuador trade allegations after Gustavo Petro says 27 charred bodies found on country’s border.
Interior Minister John Reimberg warned for residents in four provinces to obey a curfew to avoid ‘collateral damage’.
