Tag: Ecuador
raid within the “Choneros” gang in Guayaquil
If the leader of the Choneros gang, Adolfo Macias a.k.a “Fito” is still free, his men are subject to increasing pressure from the Ecuadorian police and military. On the morning…
relaxation of curfew rules except in Guayaquil
This Wednesday, January 24, the Ecuadorian government relaxed the curfew imposed until now from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. throughout the country, in war against gangs now considered terrorists. For…
the situation in Ecuador worries neighboring countries which meet in Lima
The four countries of the Andean Community – Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador – are meeting urgently this Sunday, January 21 in Lima. Objective, to agree on a series of…
two suspects arrested in investigation into prosecutor César Suarez’s murder
Police arrested two men on Thursday suspected of murdering an anti-mafia prosecutor in Guayaquil. A crime which shows that the government is still far from having restored order in the…
President Noboa refines his security strategy
For years, Ecuadorian prisons have been under the control of armed gangs who regularly carry out massacres between rival gangs. These prisons are veritable schools of crime because new inmates…
When the cartel boss “Fito” disappeared from prison, Ecuador descended into chaos – this is what we know about the state of emergency and the drug war | Foreign countries
Ecuador’s drug lords launched a brutal campaign after the government declared war on the cartels. Drug boss “Fito” apparently escaped during a prison transfer. Hundreds of soldiers patrol the streets…
Three questions about the wave of violence in Ecuador
unsaveSave share-arrowShare expand-left full screen Soldiers patrol the streets of Quito, Ecuador. Photo: Dolores Ochoa/AP/TT Several people have been killed, criminal gangs have been labeled terrorists and, according to the…
Drug trafficking, mutinies, hostage-taking on TV… Ecuador on the edge of the abyss – L’Express
The security situation is considered very worrying by the United States. The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa declared, Tuesday January 9, his country in a state of “internal armed conflict”…
Gunmen storm TV broadcast in Ecuador
It was around 21:00, Swedish time, that several men in balaclavas stormed the live broadcast that took place in a TV studio in Guayaquil. The men were seen waving rifles,…
The television broadcast was interrupted after armed people stormed the studio in Ecuador – a state of emergency was declared in the country on Monday | Foreign countries
Noboa, who came to power in November, has promised to quell the violence related to the drug trade. Ecuador’s TC television channel’s live broadcast was interrupted on Tuesday when armed…