Massacres return in Ecuador with 80 murders in three days
The recent killings have once again focused attention on the strategy of Daniel Noboa’s government to combat an epidemic of violence in the country
Daniel Noboa secretly creates database with genetic profiles of criminals in Ecuador
Three sources told EL PAÍS that officials are taking samples from prisoners, claiming it helps with identification in case of violent death
A childhood amid bullets: Homicide rate of minors soars in Ecuador
Two children were murdered every day in 2023 in Ecuador, which is suffering a wave of violence due to drug trafficking: ‘The state, society, and family, we have all failed them,’ says an expert
Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador: ‘Everyone knows where the drugs come from. Why isn’t it controlled?’
The former left-wing statesman criticizes incumbent right-wing President Daniel Noboa for failing to address the country’s security crisis and demands an immediate purge of the security forces, which have been infiltrated by organized crime
Criminal mining, militarization and Indigenous challenges in the Ecuadorian crisis
Marcos Colón|
The government is faced with the task of comprehensively addressing these problems in the face of the voices and concerns of Indigenous communities and other affected sectors
Murder of prosecutor alarms Ecuador’s government in midst of war on crime
Police operations against gangs have been marred by the killing of one of the country’s most important anti-corruption investigators in broad daylight
Ecuador regains control of the country’s prisons
The army entered the penitentiaries heavily armed Thursday and freed more than 150 people, including guards and administrative personnel, who were being held hostage
The day Goofy lost his hand and Ecuador crumbled
A night on patrol with Ecuadorian soldiers shows a glimpse of the war unleashed in the country between the authorities and the gangs
Violence in Ecuador: a new, long-standing problem
The country’s crime rate has rocketed, but the problems of drug trafficking and gang violence have been brewing since the 1980s
Unstoppable violence in Guayaquil, the ghost city where everyone with a tattoo is a suspect
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared that the nation is at war after the two main criminal gangs in the country, Los Choneros and Los Lobos, took control of the prisons and took to the streets to sow chaos
TV studio hostages recall terror of on-air attack: ‘It is very easy to kill journalists in Ecuador, too easy’
About 20 hooded men with masks, weapons and dynamite took over the TC Television studio in the middle of the newscast. The journalists talk to EL PAÍS about the trauma of the assault
Panic takes over in Ecuador: ‘I am terrified that they are going to recruit my son’
After the declaration of an ‘internal armed conflict’ by President Daniel Noboa, citizens are trying to carry on with their lives as best they can
From drug routes to Bukele’s influence: Keys to the security crisis in Ecuador
The violence sweeping the country has intensified after two criminals operating for the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels escaped prison
They won’t succeed in scaring us!
Pedro Manosalvas|
The terrorist acts perpetrated by Organized Criminal Groups rise like an ominous shadow that threatens the integrity, peace and very existence of Ecuador
The mafias that control Ecuador from inside their prison cells
Gangs are running profitable businesses inside the correctional facilities, and even have the keys to their own units. Recent rioting showed the extent of their power, posing a difficult challenge for the government of Daniel Noboa
State of emergency declared in Ecuador as security crisis worsens
President Daniel Noboa made the decision a day after the most dangerous criminal in the country, José Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, escaped from prison. The measure involves a three-month curfew
A notorious Ecuadorian gang leader vanishes from prison and authorities investigate if he escaped
Adolfo Macías, alias ‘Fito’, is the leader of Los Choneros gang, which has links with Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, according to authorities
Prison ships and ‘Bukele model’ jails in Ecuador, a security plan adrift
With 40 homicides per 100,000 people and crime rates at a historic high, the country hopes that President Daniel Noboa’s project will bring an end to the violence
Organized crime tightens it grip on Ecuador
Official document reveals the presence of 11 criminal groups in 21 of the country’s 24 provinces
Daniel Noboa assumes power in Quito: ‘I am not an anti-anything; I am pro Ecuador’
The 35-year-old entrepreneur delivered a short speech in which he appealed for the renewal of the political class
Ecuadorians want president-elect Daniel Noboa to ‘retake control of prisons and create jobs’
The 35-year-old entrepreneur is relatively unknown to his compatriots, but they elected him to counter the leftist drift initiated by former President Rafael Correa
Daniel Noboa wins presidential elections in Ecuador
The young businessman, who is the son of the richest man in Ecuador, will lead a country devastated by violence and drug trafficking
Purge begins of Ecuador’s police leadership after seven men implicated in the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio were murdered in prison
President Guillermo Lasso dismissed the commander general of the National Police and the director of prisons