Ecuador Reports More Than 2,000 Detentions in First Week Of Coastal Curfew
ECUADOR — Sociedad Media reports that Ecuador’s Interior Ministry said 2,292 people were detained during the first week of the country’s fourth curfew of 2026, which runs from midnight to 5 a.m. in Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro and Esmeraldas.
About a third of the total (760) were held only for violating the curfew, and the piece notes the government’s claims of results, including President Daniel Noboa’s assertion that the previous curfew cut crime by 40%, have not been independently assessed
De la Espriella, Clad in Military Fatigues, Confronts Alleged FARC Dissidents After Catatumbo Operation
Sociedad Media reports that Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella appeared in camouflage fatigues, a Joint Special Operations Command beret and a sidearm in Cúcuta to present the results of Operation NOAH, and questioned a handcuffed detainee, alias “Barba Chivo,” about a bomb he had signed before it was dropped.
The piece lays out the government’s view that visible hardline action signals state control, the criticism from former President Juan Manuel Santos and others, and the backing from allies such as Álvaro Uribe, and it notes that no independent assessment of the strategy’s effectiveness has emerged.
Mexico Arrests Suspected Sinaloa Cartel Chief Wanted By U.S. & Tied to Migrant Kidnapping Network
CDMX — Mexican federal agents detained José Alberto Leyva Acosta, alias “Beto Leyva,” in Tijuana on Wednesday. Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch described him as a member of the inner circle of brothers René and Alfonso Arzate García, who lead a Sinaloa Cartel faction.
Authorities allege he coordinated migrant smuggling and kidnappings from Tijuana into California and has an active U.S. Marshals warrant tied to a 2007 smuggling arrest, while Mexican charges, a court date and any extradition request remain undisclosed.
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