The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboastated this Wednesday that “The mafias have their days numbered“in the Durán area, affected by the drug trafficking and located in the coastal province of Guayas, one of the hardest hit by violence in the Andean nation. In Durán, where he arrived with a helmet, a protective vest and amidst […]
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“If you complain, you die”: Ecuadorian fishermen succumb to drug trafficking under threats
Facing an idyllic coastal landscape surrounded by luxurious buildings, the resort of Salinas, in the southwest of Ecuadorhides a war that escapes tourists. The mafias enrolled the fishermen in drug trafficking under their law of silence and bullets. “If you complain, you die“They are not going to be able to leave the port,” a 35-year-old […]
Mexico: army warns of criminal attacks with drones and explosives against soldiers
Luis Cresencio Sandoval, leader of the Mexican Army, has pointed out the growing threat represented by drones and explosive devices used in attacks against military forces carrying out patrol work in areas affected by the presence of organized crime, especially in Michoacán, a state located in the Pacific region. The general reported on the seizure […]
Ecuador receives help from the US to confront the fight against violence
A plane USA with help to confront the fight against violence unleashed by criminal organizations came to Ecuadorit was officially reported on Tuesday, while the authorities assured that the siege on the fugitive leader of the largest gang in the country is tightening. Admiral Jaime Vela, head of the joint command of the Armed Forces, […]
Houses, vehicles and even armored clothing in Ecuador in the face of a growing wave of violence
The murder of prosecutor César Suárez This Wednesday afternoon in Guayaquil is just the tip of the iceberg of the violence that Ecuador suffers, where one person dies every 69 minutes due to insecurity, which has turned the shielding of clothing, vehicles, houses and offices into a growing need to feel safe. The figures are […]
They ask to exclude Peso Pluma from the Viña del Mar Festival for inciting “narcoculture”
National Television Chili (TVN) asked this Tuesday to cancel the Mexican singer’s show Featherweight at the Viña del Mar International Festival, despite the fact that the contest is opposed to it, and said that a public channel like TVN cannot “convey” songs related to “narcoculture”. “As part of its public mission, National Television Chili must […]
Four keys to Ecuador’s prisons under the power of mafias
Converted into centers of operations for criminal gangs, opulent refuges, theaters of horror and morgues. Inside the prisons of Ecuador The drug trafficker created an inferno, whose tongues of fire spread to the streets. The escape of Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, head of the largest drug gang in the country known as Los Choneros, focused […]
Guayaquil, a ghost city in the “war” against criminal gangs
In the image of its famous Malecón, the long promenade that dominates the brownish waters of the Guayas River, today strangely emptyGuayaquil, the large port city on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, looks deserted. Access to the gardens along the cement pier overlooking the river is prohibited, and restaurants that usually serve tourists the famous […]
Who is “Fito”, the missing criminal leader and “patron” of drug trafficking in Ecuador
José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito”but also “the boss” as he calls himself in songs in his honor, he is the leader of the band of “The Choneros”, to whom they attribute links with the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, and the protagonist since Sunday of a mysterious disappearance that was followed by a sequence of violent […]
Commercial activity decreases by 90% in Tumbes amid the crisis in Ecuador
Due to the crisis that is being registered in Ecuador due to the different crime rates that are reported, the mayor of the Aguas Verdes district (Tumbes), César Chapoñán Díaz, reported that commercial activity has decreased by 90%, as consumers fear reaching the border city due to the high crime rate. According to the municipal […]