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HISTORICAL FACTS: Ecuador security forces given blanket amnesty in cartel fight - The Untold Story

Fighting between rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang left at least 22 people dead in the port city of Guayaquil on Thursday (Credit: AFP)

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Friday announced a preemptive amnesty for security forces fighting drug cartels in the violence-wracked port of Guayaquil, where 22 people were killed in clashes between rival gangs.

Noboa, in power since 2023, is seeking another four years in office in a presidential runoff election on April 13.

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