Officials in Ecuador said Tuesday that genetic tests on charred bodies found near a military base confirm they are those of four boys taken by soldiers three weeks ago.
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00:00Officials in Ecuador said Tuesday that genetic tests on shattered bodies found near a military
00:06base confirmed they are those of four boys taken by soldiers three weeks ago.
00:11According to Ecuador's Prosecution Service, the results of genetic forensic tests confirmed
00:16that the four bodies found in Taura correspond to the three teenagers and a boy between 11
00:22and 15 years old who disappeared after a December 8 military operation.
00:28Their disappearance sparked protests in the South American nation, which is in the verge
00:33of an armed struggle between narco gangs and security forces.
00:37Saul Arboleda, Steven Medina and brothers Josue and Ismael Arroyo were out playing football
00:43in the western city of Guayaquil on December 8 when they went missing.
00:47Basically, what will happen now is the indictment hearing, where the judge will show the citizens,
00:59and especially the jury, all the findings of the prosecutor's investigation in relation
01:04to the disappearances.
01:08I met these boys while playing soccer in Fertiza, in a sports club in the south of the city.
01:18They have never been delinquents, they have always been athletes.