Ecuador's intelligence chief, Michele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife, Stephany Hollihan Vasconez, were among seven people killed when a helicopter crashed at Mt Ololokwe in Samburu County on Wednesday.

• Seven people died in the crash of the Eurocopter EC130 B4, registration 5Y-GYM.
• The victims included Michele Sensi-Contugi, Director General of Ecuador’s Center for Strategic Intelligence (CIES), and his wife.
• Recovery efforts have been hampered by difficult terrain and an active fire at the crash site.

An Ecuadorian intelligence chief and four American citizens were among the seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Samburu County on August 19.

• A total of seven people perished in the crash.
• The Ecuadorian official has been identified as Michele Sensi Contugi, head of Ecuador's National Intelligence Center.
• The helicopter was on a charter route from Suyian Conservancy to Mount Ololokwe when it crashed, with the cause still under investigation by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.

A helicopter crash in Samburu on Wednesday claimed the lives of seven people, including a Telemundo executive, a prominent Miami entrepreneur, and Ecuador's intelligence chief.

• Among the deceased was José Alberto Suárez, President and General Manager of multiple Telemundo stations in Florida.
• Also killed was Roger Edward Duarte, a Miami entrepreneur recognized as the ‘Stone Crab King’ and co-founder of My Ceviche.
• The crash also resulted in the death of Michele Sensi-Contugi, Director General of Ecuador's Strategic Intelligence Centre, and his wife, Stephany Hollihan.

Detectives in Busia have arrested two suspected gang members and recovered a staggering 180 National Identification Cards during an operation targeting criminal networks near the Uganda border.

• Recovered items include 180 National Identification Cards, a tear gas canister, housebreaking tools, military boots, and five mobile phones.
• Key organizations involved are the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
• The operation in Teso South is part of a broader effort to dismantle criminal networks and investigate the illegal possession and potential misuse of government documents.

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has ordered security protection for the children of the late Intelligence Chief Michele Sensi Contugi Ycaza following his death in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya.

• Seven people, including Contugi and his wife, were killed in the crash on Wednesday.
• The directive, issued via Executive Decree 478, tasks the Presidential Military Household with providing security.
• Contugi was the Director General of the National Intelligence Center and was on holiday in Kenya.