People demonstrate in support of 16 military personnel allegedly involved in the disappearance of four minors who went missing during a military operation, outside the courthouse in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on December 31, 2024, during the arraignment hearing against them. The discovery on December 24 of several charred bodies during a search for the adolescent boys has deepened shock and anger at the case. Efforts to identify the four corpses found near an air force base have been complicated by their badly burned state. The minors went out to play football on December 8 and never came home. (Photo by Marcos PIN / AFP) (Photo by MARCOS PIN/AFP via Getty Images)