People embrace during a protest in front of the prosecutor's office following the disappearance in Guayaquil of four children who were last seen running away from a military convoy, in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
A mural of a child and the Spanish message "Where are they?" cover a wall in protest of the disappearance of four children who were last seen on Dec. 8 running away from a military convoy in Guayaquil, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)
People embrace during a protest in front of the prosecutor's office following the disappearance in Guayaquil of four children who were last seen running away from a military convoy, in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
People protest outside the prosecutor's office against the disappearance of four children who were last seen on Dec. 8 running away from a military convoy in Guayaquil, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)
Luis Arroyo, left, carries photos of his two missing sons, Ismael and Josué, who were last seen on Dec. 8 running away from a military convoy with two other youths, as he protests with his family and activists outside the prosecutor's office in Guayaquil, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)
People protest outside the prosecutor's office against the disappearance of four children who were last seen on Dec. 8 running away from a military convoy in Guayaquil, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. The sign reads in Spanish "Where are our children? The four from Guayaquil, Ecuador." (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)