Ecuador is preparing for US forces, plans show, as Noboa calls for help battling gangs
Construction of a new naval facility in the coastal city of Manta is designed to support sustained operations and US military personnel, according to a high-level Ecuadorian official: “The expectation ...
Ecuador’s president invites foreign armies to fight gangs in the country
In a local radio interview earlier this month, Noboa said his government was “already in talks” to receive foreign military ...
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Narco gang gun battles kill 22 people in violent Ecuador port city of Guayaquil
In recent years, Ecuador has plunged into violence amid the rapid spread of transnational cartels that use its ports, like Guayaquil, to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. Homicides ...
Fox News22d
22 dead amid gang clashes in Ecuador's largest city
Infighting between factions of a gang vying for control over territory in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil, left nearly two dozen people dead, authorities said on Friday. Gun battles broke out ...
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Gang Infighting Leaves 22 Dead in Ecuador's Guayaquil
QUITO (Reuters) - Infighting between factions of a gang vying for control over territory in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil left nearly two dozen people dead, authorities said on Friday.
Al Jazeera English23d
At least 22 people killed as gang violence erupts in Ecuador
At least 22 people have been killed in Ecuador’s port city of Guayaquil after rival factions of a drug trafficking gang exchanged gunfire, highlighting the worsening law and order situation in ...
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Guayaquil Massacre a Harsh Reminder of Ecuador’s Security Reality
A March 6 gang attack left at least 22 people dead in Ecuador’s port city and drug trafficking hub, Guayaquil, local media reported. The violence rocked the Socio Vivienda and La Barraca neighborhoods ...
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Cocaine and bananas: Why the US may get asked to help Ecuador tackle gang violence
The vehicles screech into a neighborhood in Pascuales, a gang stronghold in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s biggest city, allowing CNN to follow them. Families are grilling outside, and children splash in ...
Yahoo Noticias en Español23d
Ecuador: al menos 22 muertos en masacre a las afueras de Guayaquil por disputa entre bandas criminales
Al menos veintidós personas fueron asesinadas y otras tres quedaron heridas este jueves en una nueva masacre registrada en un suburbio de Guayaquil (Ecuador), causada aparentemente por un conflicto ...
El Tiempo23d
El giro en el caso del cuerpo descuartizado en Ecuador: esta es la identidad de la víctima
Un giro inesperado dio el caso del cuerpo descuartizado en la vía Perimetral de Guayaquil, Ecuador, encontrado el pasado 28 de febrero. Las autoridades esperaban el resultado del cotejo genético ...
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Encontraron muertos a cinco presos en la mayor cárcel de Ecuador un día después de la masacre en Guayaquil
Encontraron muertos a cinco presos en la mayor cárcel de Ecuador un día después de la masacre en Guayaquil (REUTERS/Marcos Pin) Cinco presos fueron hallados sin vida el viernes en la ...