Ecuador arrests leader of Los Lobos, powerful crime syndicates targeted by U.S.
Carlos D was the second-in-command of Los Lobos (The Wolves) and "considered a high-value target," the armed forces said in a ...
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Ecuador declares war on armed gangs after TV station attacked on air
Ecuador's president has ordered that criminal ... AFP reports. "You declared war, you will get war," the officer reads out. "You declared a state of emergency. We declare police, civilians and ...
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Violence Transforms Ecuador’s Migration Landscape
A year after Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared war on organized crime, the country is grappling with a surge in ...
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Special Series: Ecuador’s War on Gangs
one of the country’s most violent municipalities and the drug gateway to… Ecuador’s war on gangs has been in the making for years. But it became official in January 2024, when President Daniel Noboa ...
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Kremlin opens trade war with Ecuador over transfer of ‘scrap metal’ Russian arms to US
The Kremlin has opened a trade war with Ecuador over its plans to exchange its Soviet-origin weapons for modern U.S. materiel. Moscow suspects that Quito’s armament of Russian and Ukrainian ...
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Ecuador presidential campaign opens amid drug war, internal power struggle
The monthlong campaign for general elections in Ecuador began Sunday as President Daniel Noboa faces a challenging war against drug gangs and a power struggle within his administration. The ...