Calls for Independent Probe Into Reported US Bombing of Ecuadorian Boats Grow After Murder of Investigator | Common Dreams

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María Mero, 42, holds a photograph of her husband, Gabriel Aladono Mero Delgado, 43, who disappeared as part of the crew aboard the fishing vessel Fiorella, on June 7, 2026 in Jaramijó, Ecuador.

"How far does the 'war on drugs' go?" said a former Ecuadorian official. "Who is held accountable for the lives of Ecuadorian fishermen?"

The recently reported killing of the Ecuadorian prosecutor who had been investigating allegations that three boats from the country had been struck by the US and that dozens of survivors had been abducted and tortured by American forces, was "not a coincidence," said one congressman Friday as he called for a probe into the bombings.