US EditionFive human heads found hanging on a beach in southwestern Ecuador
Five decapitated heads displayed on a Puerto López beach served as a warning against extortion of fishermen amid territorial gang conflicts, Ecuador police said.
- On Sunday, police found five human heads hung on display at a tourist beach in Puerto López, Manabí province, Ecuador, with images showing the heads tied with ropes on wooden posts.
- Police said the display was linked to a conflict between criminal groups contesting territory in Manabí province and a wooden board warned alleged extortionists demanding `vaccine cards` from fishermen.
- Police on Saturday had stepped up controls in Puerto López after a massacre two weeks earlier, but those controls failed to prevent this incident amid Ecuador’s most violent year with over 9,000 homicides.
- The display threatens public safety and local tourism in Puerto López, a popular whale-watching destination, while President Daniel Noboa vowed to confront expanding criminal organisations linked to drug cartels.
- Ecuador has become a logistical centre for drug routes, engulfed for more than four years in violence as transnational cartels use local fishermen and small boats for trafficking.
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Five severed heads hung with wooden pole ropes, exposed on the sand of a beach frequented by swimmers and fishermen. It is the scene that was found in front of Sunday morning the inhabitants of Puerto López, a town on the peaceful coast of Ecuador, become one of the symbols of violence linked to drug trafficking. The BBC reports it, citing sources of the police and local media. Next to the human remains a sign was found with an explicit message:…
Five human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Police attribute the bloody scene to a conflict between criminal gangs involved in drug trafficking. The country is currently experiencing a wave of violence, with states of emergency declared in some areas, and our Foreign Ministry is advising against travel to certain areas.
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