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With Army In Charge, No More Jacuzzis And Clubs In Ecuador Jail

Orange-clad prisoners line up with military precision to exercise and sweep floors at an Ecuador prison where drug lords once enjoyed jacuzzis and nightclubs, and stashed drugs and weapons in the walls.

International Business Times

Ecuador Government Proposes To Boost Security Spending By $214 Million

Economy Minister Juan Carlos Vega said that the government will also add 15% VAT (Value Added Tax) from April onwards.

Latin Times

Latin American Democracies Backslide for Eight Consecutive Years; El Salvador Witnesses Largest Decline

A report by The Economist delves into the reasons for the broad drop. Its analysis of different individual countries

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Ecuador Mulls Sending Russian Military 'Scrap' To Ukraine

Ecuador is weighing up sending its old Russian military equipment to the United States so that it can be transferred to Ukraine, a US official said in Quito Thursday.

International Business Times

Russia Bans Ecuadorian Banana Imports in Diplomatic Fallout

Discover the escalating diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia as Russia bans imports of Ecuadorian bananas in response to a military equipment transfer.

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Ecuadorian President Anticipates He Won't Recognize the Results of the Venezuelan Elections

Daniel Noboa said the elections, set to take place this year but still without a clear date, "won't be free"

Latin Times

Ecuador Nabs Wanted Narco, President Says Crackdown Bearing Fruit

Ecuador on Monday announced the arrest of a wanted cocaine trafficker from neighboring Colombia, as President Daniel Noboa said his government's crackdown on gang violence was starting to bear fruit.

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Why Ecuador's Criminal Organizations Can Pose a 'Formidable Challenge' to the Government

Their significant territorial presence and diversity of funding sources are the main reasons why the conflict can become a protracted one

Latin Times

Dozens Arrested In Ecuador After Hospital Assault

Police in violence-plagued Ecuador arrested 68 people Sunday who had attempted to take over a hospital in the country's southwest in the midst of a "war" between drug gangs and the security forces.

International Business Times

Argentina Expels Family Of Ecuadoran Fugitive Drug Lord 'Fito'

Argentina on Friday expelled the wife and children of Ecuadoran fugitive Adolfo Macias, the drug lord known as "Fito," as a manhunt for the gangster continued.

International Business Times

Argentina Cracks Down on Ecuadorian Drug Gang's Relatives

The wife and three children of "Fito" Macías were in a gated community in the province of Córdoba

Latin Times

Two Arrested In Killing Of Ecuadoran Prosecutor Probing TV Attack

Two men were arrested in the murder of the Ecuadoran prosecutor charged with investigating last week's dramatic, live-broadcast assault by gangsters on a TV studio, authorities said Thursday.

International Business Times

Prosecutor Probing Gang-related Ecuador TV Studio Attack Is Killed

The prosecutor investigating a dramatic armed assault by gangsters last week on an Ecuadoran television station during a live broadcast was shot dead Wednesday, the attorney general said.

International Business Times

Crisis in Ecuador: Prosecutor Investigating Takeover of TV Station by Armed Group is Murdered

César Suárez also investigated drug-trafficking cases. He was shot while in a car in Guayaquil

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‘Every day someone dies’: life and death in Ecuador’s most murderous city

Across a river from the port city of Guayaquil, Durán has become a strategic hub for drug shipments and a battleground for gangs

International Business Times

Rumors, Disinformation Fuel Panic Amid Ecuador Narco War

A crowd of students runs panicked through the campus of a university in Ecuador while others block a classroom door in fear of an armed intrusion.

Latin Times

Crisis in Ecuador: Security Forces Regain Control of Prisons After a Week of Chaos

Nearly 180 officials were being held hostage inside the prisons following a security crisis catalyzed by the escape of a powerful drug lord

The Guardian - UK

Ecuador is copying El Salvador’s war on gangs – but it will only add to the spiral of violence

Latin Americans besieged by organised crime may be willing to overlook a turn towards authoritarianism, but at what cost, asks Buenos Aires-based journalist Jordana Timerman

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Hostages Safe, Ecuador Now Faces Reclaiming Prison Control

Ecuador's security forces worked Sunday to regain control of prisons that had fallen into the hands of gang members

The Guardian - UK

Scores of hostages released from gang-controlled prisons, Ecuador government claims

Presidency makes announcement nearly a week after wave of violence hit South American country

International Business Times

All Remaining Hostages Seized In Ecuador Prison Riots Freed

All remaining 136 prison guards and administrative workers who were seized as hostages during prison riots in Ecuador were freed on Saturday night, prison authorities said.

The Guardian - UK

‘We are at war’: Ecuador’s president vows to crack down on gangs behind week of violence

After criminals storm TV station and take prison guards hostage, Daniel Noboa pledges to stop his country becoming a narco-state

International Business Times

Latin America's Experience Shows Limits Of All-out War On Gangs

As Ecuador wages war against criminal gangs, experts warn that similar security crackdowns have produced mixed results elsewhere in Latin America -- and sometimes even led to worse violence.

The Conversation

How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis

Ecuador was until relatively recently seen as one of the safest countries in Latin America.

The Guardian - US

‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos

As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has soared, with a TV station assault the crescendo of a week of bloodshed

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