How Ecuador descended into gang violence - BBC
2024年1月10日 · Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, has ordered the armed forces to restore order in the country after days of unrest which saw two gang leaders escape from jail, prison guards held hostage, and...
Ecuador Finds Victory Elusive in ‘War on Gangs’ - InSight Crime
2024年12月27日 · This has inflamed tensions in the streets as well as within gangs. In Durán, one of Ecuador’s most violent municipalities, security forces and government officials told InSight Crime that the violence is driven not only by the rivalry between its two main criminal groups, the Chone Killers and the Latin Kings, but also between warring Chone ...
Ecuador’s narco gang violence: A timeline of the recent crisis
2024年1月10日 · On Tuesday night, an armed gang stormed a TV studio, forcing staff to lie and sit on the floor as shots and yelling were heard. Noboa, 36, who came to power in November, has vowed to respond with...
How Ecuador went from tourist haven to a nation in the grip of gangs - BBC
2024年4月10日 · In January, Ecuador made headlines around the world when a TV station was taken over by armed masked men during a live broadcast. At the same time, gangs carried out kidnappings and set off...
How to Understand Ecuador’s War on Gangs - Foreign Policy
2024年3月13日 · For several months now, drug gangs across Ecuador have executed a series of violent attacks, shaking the country to its core. Ecuador’s homicide rate has soared by 500 percent since a...
Inside Ecuador's rising gang violence fueled by booming cocaine …
2024年2月22日 · ABC News sits down with some leaders of Ecuador's most notorious gangs as the country experiences one of the worst and most violent crises in its history.
2024 Ecuadorian conflict - Wikipedia
On 9 January 2024, an armed conflict broke out in Ecuador involving the country's government against several organized crime groups, most notably the Los Choneros cartel.
Ecuadorian security crisis - Wikipedia
Since around 2018, [1] Ecuador has suffered a security crisis resulting from conflicts between criminal organizations with connections to drug trafficking. [2] In recent years, coca leaf production has risen in neighboring Colombia [1] and Peru, [3] with both cocaine and coca base entering Ecuador by land and leaving by sea. [1]
Ecuador in Crisis: What to Know - The New York Times
2024年1月10日 · Violence erupted across Ecuador this week after a well-known gang leader disappeared from prison. Explosions, looting, gunfire and burning vehicles were reported, and there were uprisings in ...
Special Series: Ecuador's War on Gangs - InSight Crime
Ecuador’s role as a cocaine highway continues to fuel the growth of gangs that have become a massive security threat. So far, the government’s militarized response lacks a clear exit strategy, and reports of human right abuses by security forces have started coming to light.