A spate of attacks against Ecuadorian security forces near the Colombian border is the latest sign that areas of post-insurgency Colombia will drive violence at home and abroad. On March 26, unidentified attackers — believed by Ecuadorian authorities to be former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) — damaged an army truck using an explosive device. The incident is the latest in a series of explosive attacks against army and police units in northwestern Ecuador. In 2018 there have been four separate attacks against Ecuadorian forces in Esmeraldas province, all believed to be carried out by the same former FARC militants. One purpose of the acts is likely to intimidate authorities, making them more reluctant to seize cocaine shipments or make arrests. The attacks are also a byproduct of northwestern Ecuador's decadeslong role as a transit route for cocaine produced in southwestern Colombia.