What's behind the 'apocalyptic' violence in Ecuador - NBC News
Jan 11, 2024 · The news of hooded gunmen barging into a live television show and taking hostages in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and chief port, reverberated around the world Tuesday.
Colombia, Ecuador agree joint plan to tackle organized crime on …
Dec 29, 2022 · The armed forces of Colombia and Ecuador on Wednesday signed an agreement to implement a plan to contain drug trafficking and organized crime on their shared border, authorities in both...
Ecuador police capture leader of Colombian dissident rebel group
Jan 22, 2024 · Ecuador's police on Monday said they have captured the leader of Colombian armed group Oliver Sinisterra and that Ecuadorean authorities will return him to Colombia.
Ecuador and Colombia to open shared border from Dec. 1
Nov 21, 2021 · Ecuador and Colombia on Sunday agreed to the bilateral reopening of their shared border from the start of December after it was closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, and pledged to work together...
Ecuador’s chaotic turn to drug and narco violence, explained - Vox
Jan 11, 2024 · In the 1990s, Ecuador’s drug trade “was controlled top-down by the FARC” — the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, the Marxist guerrilla group that waged a 50-year struggle ...
US-Ecuador Security Cooperation: A New Plan Colombia?
Feb 1, 2024 · As Ecuador grapples with a security crisis, senior US military officials visited the country and signed a multimillion-dollar aid portfolio that is being compared to Plan Colombia. But does that comparison hold up?
Six Colombians Arrested in Assassination of Ecuador Presidential ...
Aug 9, 2023 · The six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador are Colombian nationals, Ecuador’s interior minister, Juan Zapata, said Thursday, marking...
Ecuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate …
Aug 12, 2023 · Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose life’s work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutor’s office said Friday.
How Ecuador went from being Latin America’s model of stability …
Jan 12, 2024 · For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.
Colombia and Ecuador see droughts and power cuts due to El Niño - NPR
May 1, 2024 · The San Rafael reservoir on the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia, has been drying up since a long spell of dry weather began in November and is currently just 16% full.