Ecuador to Deport 1,500 Inmates amid Gang War
Ecuador will soon begin deporting 1,500 foreign prison inmates in an effort to reduce prison overcrowding.
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Ecuador Declares ‘Internal Armed Conflict’ Against Gangs, Gives Soldiers Legal Cover to Fight Gangsters
The government of Ecuador formally declared an emerging gang war in the country an “internal armed conflict” on Wednesday, vowing to curtail the deadly violence that dramatically intensified the day before.
‘They Want to Kill Us All’: Armed Gangsters Storm Live Ecuadorian TV Broadcast
A group of armed hooded men stormed the premises of TC Television, a new network headquartered in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Tuesday, kidnapping all the personnel present in the building.
Ecuador Declares State of Emergency After Jailbreak by Nation’s Most Wanted Criminal
President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency in response to the disappearance of José Adolfo Macías, Ecuador’s “most-wanted criminal.”
Ecuador Announces Plan to Build Two ‘Bukele-Style’ Mega Prisons
President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa announced on Thursday that the South American country will soon begin construction of two maximum-security prisons in the same style as the “mega-prison” built by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in 2023.
Ecuador Rejects Socialists, Elects 35-Year-Old Outsider Daniel Noboa as President
Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old heir to one of the world’s most lucrative banana companies, will become the next leader of Ecuador after winning Sunday’s presidential election, one marred by widespread political violence and the assassination of a then-frontrunner in the race.
