By AFP and Reuters July 2, 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the gang ⁠had also been classified as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’. Alleged members of the Chone Killers gang are presented to the media during a police operation in Duran, Ecuador [File: Marcos Pin/AFP] The US⁠ State Department has designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign “terrorist organisation”, imposing sanctions on a crime ⁠group that Washington has accused of carrying out attacks on...