Ecuadorians delivered an overwhelming show of support for President Daniel Noboa’s hardline security policies in a referendum held as the government’s popular “war on gangs” enters a challenging new phase. […]
Ecuadorians delivered an overwhelming show of support for President Daniel Noboa’s hardline security policies in a referendum held as the government’s popular “war on gangs” enters a challenging new phase. […]
Authorities in Ecuador are considering a response to an international sanction of its shark trade, which could be the first step in a challenging battle to stop shark-fin trafficking in […]
Ecuador’s judiciary is struggling to stop well-connected criminals from turning legal safeguards meant to protect civil rights into loopholes for escaping justice. In early April, Ecuadorian prosecutors ordered the arrest of 14 judges, lawyers, judicial officials, and police accused of …
The decision to launch the raid on the Mexican embassy has the hallmarks of a political gamble, with Noboa betting that the benefits of burnishing his hardline reputation outweigh the risks from the potential fallout. However, this gamble has the …
Los Choneros is one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups, which first emerged in the late 1990s as a drug trafficking organization based in the city of Manta, a beach town on Ecuador’s Pacific coast.
Ecuador is facing record homicides and the rapid expansion of gangs as it becomes a fulcrum in the international drug trafficking trade.
The Lobos, one of Ecuador’s strongest criminal gangs, are crucial players in the cocaine trade flowing through the country.
Integrated by multiple gangs with shared allies and enemies, Los Lagartos is one of Ecuador’s prolific prison gangs, whose rivalry with Los Choneros has spurned unprecedented levels violence in Ecuador’s streets and penitentiary system in recent years.
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