Forced disappearances and torture: Ecuador’s war on drugs is brutal (opens in new tab)

Western allies are aiding Daniel Noboa’s militarised crackdown, despite reports of widespread rights abusesThe raid began at 4am. As the children slept, soldiers charged into the family home, rifles raised. “They said they were entering under the emergency powers,” says Rosa*, the family’s matriarch, whose name has been changed for fear of retaliation. “They pointed their guns at us. I thought they were going to kill us all.”The soldiers quickly singled out her son, 16-year-old Jairo Damián T...