The gunmen disguised as the soldiers opens the fire on the operatives of Cockfight in Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people.

Criminals who wear a fake military uniform opened fire on the spectators in a battle in the countryside EcuadorPolice in the South American state, which is suffering from violence, said on Friday that 12 non -armed people were killed and several others were injured.

Security footage of the attack on Thursday night showed a group of at least five men entering the square and opening fire with automatic rifles on a crowd of dozens of rural society in La Valencia in the northwest of Ecuador.

The attackers were wearing similar military clothes – a common tactic Criminal gangsThe average murder every hour at the beginning of the year, as the cartals compete to control the cocaine roads that pass through the ports of Ecuador.

The footage, which was distributed on social media, showed spectators who raised themselves on the ground and covered under their seats.

“We have 12 people as a result of an armed attack by a criminal group,” Colonel Renan Miller Rivera said in a statement on Friday. He said that many people were injured, without giving a number.

The police detained four people, including “the goal of the intermediate value”, the commander of the National Police Victor Hugo Books Zarati On social media. Police said The four suspects are believed to be part of an organized criminal group called “Los R7”.

After the attack, the police found a “military -style costume” and two abandoned cars on a nearby highway, and added Miller Rivera. One of the cars had caught fire, and the other turned.

police A video was released on social media Show officers to restore hidden evidence under bags and trees branches. The video also showed weapons and recovery of money, as well as a picture of four people in reservation with their faces unclear.

In addition to the uniform, the police said that they recovered eight rifles, four pistols, three rifles, eight magazines, 11 portable phones, ballistic helmets and tactical gloves.

Ecuador is home to about 20 criminal gangs – with amazing names such as “Los Freddy Kroyerz” and “The Peaky Blinders” Participate in trafficking, kidnapping and extortion. They have caused the 18 million people to be chaos in the world’s largest cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia.

In recent years, the nation has decreased in violence due to the rapid spread of across patriotism, whose ports are used to charge drugs to the United States and Europe.

About 73 percent of cocaine in the world passes through Ecuador, according to the Ministry of Interior’s report.

Large parts of the country under recently renewed emergency by President Daniel NuboaHe was re -elected to a second term in the elections last Sunday.

Ecuador gangs targeted by the United States

On the Campaign’s path, Nooboa suggested deploying US Special Forces in Ecuador to address drug violence and sectarian legal reforms to allow us to work in the country.

At least two prominent Ecuadorian gangs leaders have been targeted by the United States this year. Earlier this month, the fugitive leader of “Los Sheronos”, who relied on strikes, bribes and military weapons to do commercial actions He was accused in New York City On charges of importing thousands of pounds from cocaine to the United States. Jose Adolvo Makas Villarar – whose name is the title “problem” He escaped from prison in Ecuador last year, not in the American nursery.

In 2024, and The US Treasury imposed sanctions On “Los Shuniros”.

Earlier this year, the leader of one of the largest crime unions in Ecuador, “Los Lubus” was At home In the coastal city of Portovijo. The armed forces said in a statement that Carlos de, who is widely known by his name “El Chino”, was the second in “Los Le Popos” and “is a high value.”

the The United States announced last year Los Lobos To be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador.