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
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