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• Human heads found hanging on a beach in southwestern Ecuador - Five human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador, police said on Sunday, as the country reels from a wave of violence related to drug trafficking. Next to the heads was a warning sign directed at alleged ex
• Ecuadorian court hands down max sentences to 11 soldiers in case of 4 disappeared minors - A court in Ecuador handed lengthy prison sentences Monday to a group of eleven soldiers who were responsible for the abduction and torture of four children last year — a case that has rattled the South American nation and raised questions a