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SAA event in El Oro, El Retiro area, Ecuador on Fri 14th November 2025

14th November 2025

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On 14 November 2025, in the rural area of the El Retiro parish (Machala, El Oro), two members of the Los Lobos Espejo gang on a motorbike exchanged gunfire with police forces in a banana plantation on the Balosa Road. Both suspects were arrested and they were involved in a beheading and a shooting earlier (coded separately). Another suspect was shot dead and he had criminal records for possession of drugs and others. 1 fatality.

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Ecuador (ECU)

El Oro ( El Retiro area )

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