‘They aroused our ire’: Ecuador vows to crush gangs • FRANCE 24 English

Soldiers are out in force on the streets of guil searching passes by near a market they’re leaving nothing to chance thousands have been deployed across Ecuador amid a surge in Violence waged by criminal gangs residents in the Port City are on edge but say they can’t afford to stay at home any

Longer people are scared the situation still hasn’t returned to normal despite this we come to see if we can sell because otherwise we don’t have money to buy food author say they are making progress in their war against the drug gangs we have detained many people there

Are 14 detainees in three operations one took place in guas where the terrorist gang named Los Lobos was dismantled but the situation remains tense and not only on the streets since Monday nearly 180 prison staff have been taken hostage in at least seven prisons the violence erupted after the apparent

Jailbreak of Adolfo Matias leader of lost cheros one of Ecuador’s most notorious drug gangs after imposing a national state of emergency on Monday president Daniel naboa laid out plans for two new high security prisons to tackle the country’s prison system crisis today I present the approved designs for de realization of the

Detention centers in pastaza and Santa Elena this is one more step towards controlling terrorism and organized crime noboa also pledged tougher laws and more extraditions of hardened criminals since taking office in November he has vowed to tackle surging drug rated crime and violence but the president has a steep hill to climb in

The South American country that has become a key Transit point for drug trafficking in recent years

Ecuador’s armed forces were engaged in a brutal standoff with organized crime Thursday, deploying more than 22,400 soldiers to put down a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives. With an armed presence on the streets, patrols by land, sea and air, random body and car searches, prison raids and the enforcement of a curfew, the government of President Daniel Noboa has vowed not to yield in its “war” with 22 criminal gangs.
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