Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced that his country is in a state of war against drug trafficking groups, according to Reuters. The country’s leader identified 22 criminal gangs responsible for uprisings in Ecuador, branding them as terrorist organizations and designating them as official military targets. “We are at war and we cannot cede in the face of these terrorist groups,” said Noboa. He estimated that around 20,000 members of criminal groups operate in the country. Jaime Vela, the commander of Ecuador’s Armed Forces, stated that approximately 329 individuals, mostly members of t…