Eleven military from the Ecuadorian army were killed this Friday, May 9, 2025 in a Operational against illegal mining In the province of Orellana.
The uniformed belonged to the 19 Napo jungle brigadewhose battalion is located in the city of Tena.
The complete list of deceased was published by the Army And among them are: two lieutenants, a second sergeant, a first corporal, six second ends and a soldier.
This is known about the massacre:
- Four combat teams made up of 80 armed military executed operations at various points against illegal mining in the High Punino sector.
- The team was ambushed by the armed group commands of the border, a terrorist group that was born after the demobilization of the 48th front of the old revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC).
- The attack was made with explosives, grenades and rifles.
- This left a balance of 11 deceased military and one injured.
- An armed group members also died.
- The Prosecutor’s Office executed the body lifting proceedings and the fixation of signs.
- The 11 bodies are transferred to the military brigade to identify them and then take them to the Forensic Center of the Lake Agrio canton.
- Border commands have quickly become one of the main threats to Ecuador’s border security.
Activation of the Rewards Plan
The Armed Forces and the National Police activated the rewards plan to collect information from the armed group responsible for the attack against the military.
For the delivery of information you can Use two channels:
The value of rewards It will obey the qualification of the information and the results obtained in the operations. And it can be Up to USD 5 million.
