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The Ecuadorian Drug War (Spanish: Guerra contra el narcotráfico en Ecuador, transl. 'War against drug trafficking in Ecuador') is an internal conflict in Ecuador waged by the Ecuadorian security forces against criminal groups since the beginning of 2018.
Until 2016, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) controlled cocaine trafficking operations between Colombia and Ecuador. Following a peace agreement between FARC and the Colombian government that year which led to the former withdrawing from main cocaine producing areas, some dissident FARC members founded their own drug gangs. Due ...
Since around 2018, [1] Ecuador has suffered a security crisis resulting from conflicts between criminal organizations with connections to drug trafficking. [2]In recent years, coca leaf production has risen in neighboring Colombia [1] and Peru, [3] with both cocaine and coca base entering Ecuador by land and leaving by sea. [1]
The criminal gangs operating in Ecuador, have set up alliances with the Mexican drug cartels. “This is a problem for the security of the citizens that ends up becoming a problem for the defense ...
Drug trafficking has contributed to the number of violent deaths in Ecuador, which doubled from 2021 to 2022, when 4,600 died, the most ever recorded in a year.
Americans of Ecuadorian descent have watched in horror, fear and sadness as drug trafficking-related violence has escalated, putting the country at war with violent gangs.. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ...
On 9 January 2024, an armed conflict in Ecuador broke out after gangleader José Villamar escaped from prison and around 30 top officials were arrested by an anti-corruption and drug trafficking operation. [4] The country's government declared a situation of inner war against several organized crime groups, most notably Los Choneros.
Noboa has declared a “state of war” and ordered the military to crack down on 22 drug-related “terrorist organizations” that it says have more than 20,000 members. But Ecuador’s security ...