In a satellite image from Vantor, a maritime patrol plane at a base in El Salvador. Ecuadorean crews plying the waters of the Pacific have been targeted by a mysterious outfit equipped with drones. Some sailors appear to have lost their lives. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor Technologies via The New York Times) By MARIA ABI-HABIB, RILEY MELLEN, JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERA and CHRISTIAAN TRIEBERT Far out in the Pacific Ocean, Ecuadorian fishermen have been attacked by unidentified “gringos” using…
