Tag: Ecuador
How did Ecuador fall into an unprecedented security crisis? Understand in three minutes
In seven years, the number of assassinations has increased eightfold in Ecuador. The direct cause of this unprecedented security crisis is drug trafficking. In 2023, more than 7,600 homicides were…
Ecuador wants to get rid of its foreign prisoners by sending them back to their country of origin
Soldiers enter the prison in Turi, Ecuador, January 14, 2024. JAVIER CAIVINAHUA / AP The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has ordered the extradition of all foreign prisoners incarcerated in…
Fight against drug cartels – Huge drug discovery in Ecuador – News
In Ecuador, around 22 tons of cocaine were seized in the town of Vinces on Sunday. More than 150 military personnel were deployed to Los Ríos province. They are supposed…
Ecuador: The army seizes 22 tons of cocaine!
Published on 01/22/2024 at 7:52 p.m. QUITO, January 22 (Reuters) – The Ecuadorian army announced on Monday the seizure of 22 tonnes of…
In Ecuador, President Daniel Noboa chooses the strong approach in the face of the explosion of gang violence
Josefa Quinones and her two daughters live in a hovel made of tin and concrete blocks in the San Francisco neighborhood, which overlooks the prison complex at the Ecuadorian port…
Colombia and Ecuador announce the seizure of two semi-submersibles loaded with cocaine
Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: AFP PHOTO / COLOMBIAN NAVY 8:48 p.m., January 21, 2024 The fifteen-meter-long craft was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean near the port of…
Ecuador: assassination of the prosecutor investigating the hostage-taking on a TV set
Europe 1 with AFP 10:52 p.m., January 17, 2024 The prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the irruption of armed men live on the set of an Ecuadorian public…
Fight against drug gangs – Prosecutor shot dead in Ecuador – News
State security forces and criminal gangs are currently engaged in fierce battles in Ecuador. The prosecutor César Suárez was killed. The country is in a state of emergency. César Suárez…
Hostages released, prisons under control: the situation is returning to normal in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian army and police regained control of several prisons on Sunday and freed more than 200 prison officials held hostage by mutineers, returning the country to some normality after…
Ecuador: release of hostages, operations underway in prisons
The Ecuadorian army and police launched a vast operation on Sunday to regain control of the country’s prisons, after the release overnight of the 136 hostages, prison officials and guards,…
“They have awakened our anger”: Ecuador launches a muscular offensive against the gangs
With thousands of soldiers deployed throughout Ecuador, the government continues its muscular offensive on Thursday against the criminal gangs linked to drug trafficking which have terrorized the country for four…
France recommends “deferring” travel to Ecuador
Europe 1 with AFP 10:38 a.m., January 10, 2024modified to 11:50 a.m., January 10, 2024 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks French people who wish to go to Ecuador to…