Ecuador, relatives of murdered children bid them farewell and demand justice

*Families mourn the four murdered children of Guayaquil *Relatives of murdered children call for justice

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00:00The Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil has said goodbye on Wednesday to the four missing minors

00:06whose deaths were confirmed on Tuesday.

00:09The children were mourned at their homes from Tuesday to Wednesday.

00:13Judge Daniel Orr granted 10 days for the government through the Ministry of Defense to make a

00:18public apology to the families.

00:21As stipulated in the sentence, the state must carry out a public act of recognition of the

00:26events that occurred, which will be broadcasted on national television.

00:32On Tuesday, a judge ordered preventive detention against the 16 active duty members of the

00:37Ecuadorian Air Force who are being prosecuted for these events.

00:50Ecuadorians on Wednesday demanded justice as they buried the four minors murdered during

00:55a military operation in Guayaquil, whose remains were found on Christmas Eve.

01:01The children, identified as brothers Jose and Ismael Arroyo, Saul Arboleda and Steven

01:06Medina, were between 11 and 15 years old.

01:11Authorities have said that they will investigate whether the crime was an extrajudicial execution

01:17or linked to organized crime, as Guayaquil is one of the main cities affected by drug

01:22violence.

01:23The bodies were found near an Air Force facility in Taura, about an hour from Guayaquil.