Overview
- Ecuador’s defense ministry said helicopters, aircraft, river boats and drones located and bombed a training site in Sucumbíos near the Colombian border that it attributed to the Comandos de la Frontera and said could house about 50 people.
- Both governments confirmed U.S. involvement at Ecuador’s request and described the action as targeting Designated Terrorist Organizations under Operation Southern Spear.
- Officials released strike footage on social media, including posts by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, while withholding many operational specifics.
- No deaths or captures have been confirmed by either Ecuador or U.S. Southern Command as of Saturday.
- President Daniel Noboa said the hideout of “Mono Tole,” identified by Ecuador as the CDF leader, was destroyed, as U.S. officials framed the move as part of a broader regional drive against narco‑terrorist networks.