Ecuador Narco Gang Violence

Years of prison riots, underfunding, the escape of Jose Adolfo Macias, and rampant drug trafficking has created a dangerous security crisis in Ecuador

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• Ecuadorian security crisis - Wikipedia 394195
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict - Wikipedia 394200
• September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot - Wikipedia 394199
• February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots - Wikipedia 394198
• José Adolfo Macías Villamar - Wikipedia 394215
• Los Lobos (gang) - Wikipedia 394197
• Los Choneros - Wikipedia 394196
• Ecuador Voters Crush Right-Wing Push to Allow Return of US Military Bases - CD 17.11.25 498574
• Ecuador votes on return of US military bases to tackle drug violence - Al Jazeera 16.11.25 499860
• 17 killed, at least 2 decapitated, in Ecuador prison riot just days after deadly jailbreak - CBS 26.09.25 492501
• Rubio says US will 'blow up' foreign crime groups if needed - BBC 05.09.25 492502
• Ecuador declares emergency in three provinces over drug violence - Al Jazeera 30.04.22 284951
• The U.S. is designating Ecuador's largest gangs as terrorists - NPR 04.09.25 492512
• Territories of Extreme Violence in Ecuador’s War on Drugs - NACLA 16.03.22 278042
• ‘It’s a war’: Marco Rubio labels Ecuadorian cartels ‘foreign terrorists’ - Al Jazeera 04.09.25 492505
• Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuador gangs as foreign terrorist groups: "Vicious animals" - CBS 04.09.25 492514
• On the ground with the gangs, generals and families caught in Ecuador’s drug war - CNN 10.08.25 492504
• Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States - NPR 21.07.25 492503
• Recently recaptured Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ accepts US extradition request - Al Jazeera 12.07.25 492509
• Ecuador's most notorious drug lord agrees to be extradited to U.S. year after dramatic prison escape - CBS 12.07.25 492518
• Ecuadoreans say president's crackdown on gangs fails to curb violence - Reuters 15.12.21 394191
• With 280 prisoners dead in Ecuador, UN experts call for urgent action - UN 06.12.21 394203
• Ecuador recaptures drug lord 'Fito' more than a year after his escape from prison - France24 26.06.25 492506
• Ecuador chooses its next president as rampant drug violence undercuts the economy - France24 12.04.25 492510
• Ecuador's next president faces rampant drug violence and few resources to combat it - NPR 12.04.25 492515
• Ecuador's prisons blighted by state abandonment -IACHR - Reuters 17.03.22 394201
• Tracking the world's major cocaine route to Europe - and why it's growing - BBC 08.04.25 492516
• US and European armies should join our war on gangs, Ecuador president tells BBC - BBC 18.03.25 492507
• At least 22 people killed as gang violence erupts in Ecuador - Al Jazeera 07.03.25 492500
• Cocaine and bananas: Why the US may get asked to help Ecuador tackle gang violence - CNN 05.03.25 492508
• Narco gang clashes in Ecuador kill 14 as police warn of possible "reprisals" - CBS 18.01.25 492513
• From pristine forest to prison fortress: why Ecuador is sacrificing fragile ecosystems to build jails - Guardian 01.10.24 433770
• Hunt for rare bird shows how Ecuador narco violence impedes research - Phys.Org 31.08.24 445567
• Six tonnes of cocaine found in banana shipment - BBC 16.07.24 430357
• Ecuador police free 49 people held by gang - BBC 04.07.24 430350
• Ecuador’s criminal gangs bring death and mayhem amid political gridlock - Guardian 23.04.23 346652
• Ecuadoreans give nod to tightened security amid persisting gang violence - Al Jazeera 22.04.24 408357
• Ecuador voters back tougher security to fight gang violence - BBC 22.04.24 430346
• Ecuador Gives President More Powers to Fight Drug Gangs - WSJ 22.04.24 419367
• A narco revolt takes a once-peaceful nation to the brink - WP 12.04.24 445568
• How Ecuador went from tourist haven to a nation in the grip of gangs - BBC 10.04.24 430345
• Mexico releases footage of Ecuador police storming its embassy in Quito - Al Jazeera 09.04.24 406542
• ACAPS Anticipatory Note: Ecuador - Increased violence amid internal armed conflict leads to protection concerns - RW 28.03.24 430347
• ‘Bukelism,’ El Salvador’s flawed approach to gang violence, is no silver bullet for Ecuador - The Conversation 27.03.24 419365
• Ecuador’s War on Drug Gangs: A Mixed Picture So Far - Americas Quarterly 21.03.24 419366
• How to Understand Ecuador’s War on Gangs - FP 13.03.24 445565
• Ecuador's 36-year-old president is taking on powerful cartels - but he needs to stay alive - Sky News 29.02.24 419361
• Ecuador Needs Economic Support to Fight Its War on Gangs - FP 29.02.24 419180
• How Ecuador's media fuels militarism - New Int 26.02.24 402603
• Ecuadoreans give nod to tightened security amid persisting gang violence - Al Jazeera 22.02.24 445554
• Video: Inside Ecuador's rising gang violence fueled by booming cocaine trade - ABC 22.02.24 430352
• Video: Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ while locked up. His jailbreak shines a light on the country’s lawless prisons - CNN 20.02.24 430355
• Can Ecuador Avoid Becoming a Narco-State - CFR 14.02.24 445566
• No ‘clear way out’: How Ecuador descended into gang violence - Al Jazeera 14.02.24 397930
• Lo que revela la crisis de Ecuador sobre el comercio mundial de drogas - BBC 13.02.24 397608
• What Is It Like to Live in Ecuador, One of the Most Violent Countries? - Global Issues 12.02.24 397789
• Ecuador’s Tense Peace Won’t Last - NACLA 09.02.24 400052
• Violence rocks Ecuador after drug lord’s disappearance from jail - Financial Times 09.02.24 397932
• Ecuador eyes end to wave of violence with major crackdown on drugs and gangs - Anadolu Ajansı 26.01.24 430348
• Threats and street justice: How violence is transforming life in Ecuador - Al Jazeera 26.01.24 395900
• Diana Salazar, the prosecutor spearheading Ecuador's fight against ‘narcopolitics’ - France24 21.01.24 445558
• Argentina arrests, deports family of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive - Al Jazeera 20.01.24 394560
• Soldiers raid Ecuador prison as two arrested for prosecutor’s murder - Al Jazeera 19.01.24 394470
• Ecuador’s crackdown on violent crime helped turn the country into a narco state - Conversation 18.01.24 394581
• Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV studio shot dead - Al Jazeera 18.01.24 394478
• Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation - BBC 18.01.24 419375
• Video: All-out war between Ecuador govt and Narco gangs - WION 17.01.24 394189
• Ecuador declares control over prisons, frees hostages after eruption in "war" with drug gangs - CBS News 15.01.24 445557
• 'People are scared': The new outburst of narco-cartel violence plaguing Ecuador - WLRN 15.01.24 445559
• Ecuador is copying El Salvador’s war on gangs – but it will only add to the spiral of violence - Guardian 15.01.24 419373
• All Hostages Seized in Ecuador Prison Riots Freed: Officials - VOA 14.01.24 394210
• Scores of hostages released from gang-controlled prisons, Ecuador government claims - Guardian 14.01.24 430353
• Violence in Ecuador: a new, long-standing problem - El Pais 13.01.24 419186
• ‘We are at war’: Ecuador’s president vows to crack down on gangs behind week of violence - Guardian 13.01.24 445556
• Why recent violence in Ecuador is out of the norm - NPR 13.01.24 394205
• ‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos - Guardian 12.01.24 419370
• How Ecuador became mired in a ‘state of war’ with drug gangs - Financial Times 12.01.24 397939
• Ecuador Launches the Region’s Latest Drug War - FP 12.01.24 394176
• Ecuador violence affects whole world, president tells BBC - BBC 12.01.24 445561
• How Ecuador went from being Latin America’s model of stability to a nation in crisis - The Conversation 12.01.24 397938
• Why Ecuador Is Erupting With Narco Gang Violence - Bloomberg 12.01.24 394178
• In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico’s warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis - AP News 12.01.24 394180
• Ecuador city tries to return to normal after gang horror - BBC 11.01.24 430354
• Ecuador ‘in state of war’ against drug cartels’ terror campaign - Al Jazeera 11.01.24 397936
• United States says it is willing to help Ecuador fight gang violence - El Pais 11.01.24 419369
• Ecuador’s president declares war on drug gangs amid wave of violence - Anadolu Ajansı 11.01.24 419363
• Ecuador in Turmoil After ‘Most Wanted’ Criminal Escapes Prison: What to Know - Time 11.01.24 394213
• Video: Ecuador declares ‘state of war’ against drug gangs - Channel 4 News 11.01.24 394171
• Cocaine, cartels, and corruption: The crisis in Ecuador, explained - Vox 11.01.24 394173
• The horrors of Ecuador are not just Ecuador’s - Chatham House 11.01.24 397929
• What we know about 'Fito', Ecuador's notorious gang leader who escaped jail - France24 11.01.24 445564
• Ecuador president defies gangs to take on the army - BBC 11.01.24 393566
• Why today's gang violence in Ecuador shouldn't shock you - Responsible Statecraft 11.01.24 394174
• Ecuador battles drug gangs behind surge of violence - Reuters 11.01.24 394175
• Who Are Los Choneros, the Sinaloa Cartel-Affiliated Group at the Center of Ecuador's Narco-Violence? - Latin Times 10.01.24 445563
• Drug Lords’ Jail Escape Unleashes Violent Mayhem in Ecuador - Bloomberg 10.01.24 445560
• Ten killed, gangs unleash terror as Ecuador declares state of emergency - Al Jazeera 10.01.24 399485
• Ecuador in state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gunmen storm TV studio, gang violence escalates - SCMP 10.01.24 445562
• Ecuador president declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs amid soaring violence - Al Jazeera 10.01.24 430351
• The Guardian view on Ecuador’s gang violence: a domestic crisis with transnational roots - Guardian 10.01.24 445555