Ecuador’s Defense Minister, Gian Carlo Lofredo, has committed to ‘full transparency’ regarding the disappearance of four teenagers following their military detention. During a parliamentary session, Lofredo assured parents that no information would be withheld as authorities investigate the boys’ fate. Their bodies were discovered near a military base after they went missing while playing soccer. Meanwhile, sixteen military personnel involved in the incident have been detained amid rising concerns over human rights violations linked to the government’s anti-gang measures.