CRIME & LAW

Ecuador Frees Survivor of U.S. Submersible Strike

Ecuador freed Andrés Fernando Tufiño, a survivor of a U.S. strike that destroyed a drug‑suspected submersible in the Caribbean, after prosecutors found no evidence he violated Ecuadorian law, an official said. U.S. forces rescued Tufiño and a Colombian man, who remains hospitalized; Trump claimed the craft carried mostly fentanyl and said two others died. The strike was at least the sixth since September, part of a series that has set off regional tensions. Colombia recalled its ambassador amid a bitter exchange with Trump, while Ecuador’s president voiced support for the anti-drug fight.

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