Ecuador: 57 grenades linked to Los Lobos seized in Daule

Ecuadorian Armed Forces seized 57 military-grade grenades outside a housing development in La Aurora, Daule, attributing them to the Los Lobos criminal group. The cache had capacity for significant damage, indicating escalating armed capacity of non-state actors. This follows a pattern of increased gang violence in Ecuador, but the scale of military ordnance marks a notable escalation.