Disappeared in Ecuador's drug war | Fault Lines Documentary

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• Ecuador is in the grip of a violent drug war with record killings and the military deployed on the streets.
• As the government crackdown intensifies, a troubling pattern has emerged.
• At least 50 people detained by security forces have disappeared since 2024. One of them is Jonathan Villon, a father of three taken by soldiers in broad daylight in December 2024. His family has video of him in the back of a military truck on the day he was taken, and he has not been seen since.
• Fault Lines obtained investigative files to trace what may have happened to him.
• The film also follows the case of the “Malvinas 4”, four boys detained by air force officers and later found dead.