"They killed my son, we don't know why they killed him. We are tired of so much crime, so much death," says the relative of another victim of gang crime in Duran, a region plagued by violence and drug-trafficking gangs, after the body was found on the ground. A few meters away, the Ecuadorian Air Force is carrying out an operation to "pacify" the canton, which is now militarized, according to a member in charge. This is part of President Daniel Noboa's "war" against drug violence, who warned the gangs of Duran that "their hours are numbered" in July. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES