Seventeen died as a bar attack on militants in Ecuador

The 12-year-old boy was among 17 people who died when militants fired at Ecuador’s bar, the last mass firing in the country destroyed by a drug addict.

Ecuador Prosecutor General’s Office said 14 more were injured in an El EmPalme Bar on Sunday night.

Oscar Police Major Valencia said the militants had traveled in two picaven vehicles and “opened fire on all” with “pistols and rifles” before shooting at another group when they fled from the scene.

He said the child who had been killed had ran more than a kilometer before falling apart and died of gunshot wounds.

Images from the stage, published in local media, showed several bodies on the street, covered with white sheets.

Investigators said they found at least 40 ballistic evidence at the scene.

Valencia said the witnesses reported that the men shouted “active wolves” – a possible reference to a local gang, which faced control over the drug trafficking routes.

Guais was on the frontline worse between drugs.

A week ago, Nine people died while playing the pool In the bar in the tourist resort, Ples, also in the same Guaas region as the last shooting. Police said they were killed in the previous incident, not by meters.

Last year, President Daniel Novoa declared war on organized crime. Since then, the nation has become one of the most violent in the region, in 2024 the 38 -per 100,000 murder level.

In the first five months of 2025, Ecuador recorded 4,051 murder, according to official data.

According to official sources, nearly three quarters of world production of cocaine go through Ecuador.