Ecuador violence took a brutal turn Sunday after five severed human heads were discovered hanging from ropes on a tourist beach in southwestern Ecuador, highlighting the growing power of criminal gangs and the nation’s worsening security crisis.
CNN is facing sharp backlash after airing an interview with a member of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, during which the cartel figure responded to President Donald Trump’s designation of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The masked cartel member offered “respect” for Trump and blamed the U.S. drug market for fueling cartel activity.
