FILE - Monica Valiente waits for customers in her candle-lit bakery during a rolling blackout, in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Maribel Montenegro talks about two of her sons who are in the U.S., one working and one in prison, as her eldest son Oswaldo Angulo sits nearby, in San Mateo, Ecuador, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle in Manta, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Soldiers patrol the beach where fishermen rest inside their boat in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Workers unload fish from an industrial fishing boat moored in Puerto Atun in Jaramijo, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Anthony Angulo sheds tears during an interview recounting how Ecuadorean gangs had been after him for extortion money, in Bayonne, New Jersey, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

A fisherman carries his catch of the day to market, in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Fishermen arrive to port in San Mateo, Ecuador, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

FILE - A soldier uses a battering ram to bust open a door during a joint operation with police in search of weapons and drugs, in a neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz, File)

Ecuadorian Anthony Angulo walks to work in Bayonne, New Jersey, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Fishermen sell their catch of the day to buyers, on the beach in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A resident is framed by the facade of her home emblazoned with a mural of an octopus, in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Fishermen arrive to the shore with their catch to sell at the market in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A fisherman holds his catch of the day for clients, after returning from the sea, in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A fisherman carries a shark to market in Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Adelaida Mero, accompanied by her husband Carlos, holds a picture of her grandson Jesus during an interview at their home in San Mateo, Ecuador, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Mero said her grandson was killed while working as a fisherman. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)