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Additionally, Ecuador's use of the United States dollar makes it easier for gangs to launder money. [5] Inter-gang conflicts began after the murder on 28 December 2020 of Jorge Luis Zambrano, leader of the criminal syndicate Los Choneros, considered one of the oldest and most dangerous in the country. [6]
Venezuela: President Nicolás Maduro wrote on Twitter, "I strongly reject the violence unleashed by Ecuadorian criminal gangs that put the security and peace of our sister Republic at risk and express, on behalf of Venezuela, our solidarity with the people and government of Ecuador in this fight against the scourge of organized crime. I trust ...
Ecuador’s government estimates that at least 30,000 people in the country are tied to gangs, according to Noboa. But top military officials tell CNN that they worry about what happens next.
Ecuador is in the middle of an internal armed conflict, he said, before ordering the country’s armed forces to “neutralize” the gangs, which Noboa declared as “terrorist organizations”.
The criminal gangs operating in Ecuador, have set up alliances with the Mexican drug cartels. ... there is a big difference between the street gangs operating in El Salvador and the drug cartels ...
According to InSight Crime, the closure of the base serving the United States Armed Forces in Manta during the Rafael Correa government in 2009 was a key factor in the increase in criminal actions by armed groups since the American presence reportedly served as a deterrent so foreign gangs were expected to have increased influence in the drug business in Ecuador.
Macías is the leader of Los Choneros, one of Ecuador’s most feared gangs, which has been linked to maritime drug trafficking to Mexico and the United States, working with Mexico’s Sinaloa ...
At least 859 people have been arrested in Ecuador since Tuesday in a national security operation to stop an outburst of gang violence, according to data published by Ecuador’s presidency on Friday.