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Featured image: Fernando Villavicencio’s family and supporters demonstrate outside the courthouse. Credit: CNN Español
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

Convictions in Ecuador Political Assassination, But No Clarity

by Anastasia Austin 16 Jul 202418 Jul 2024
Posted inNews Ecuador

Ecuador’s War on Gangs Stumbles in Key Coastal City

by Gavin Voss 10 Jun 202431 Jul 2024
Ecuadorian soldier stands guard over a line of prisoners. Un soldado ecuatoriano patrulla una fila de prisioneros.
Posted inNews Security Policy

Prisoner Torture and Abuse Rife in Ecuador’s Gang Crackdown

by James Bargent and Karol Noroña 7 Jun 202431 Jul 2024
Posted inNews Ecuador

Ecuadorians Back President’s Security Agenda But Challenges Await

by Anastasia Austin and Gavin Voss 22 Apr 202431 Jul 2024
Ecuadorian soldiers patrol a street in Quito. Militares ecuatorianos patrullan una calle en Quito.
Posted inNews Cocaine

Unmasking the Foreign Players on Ecuador’s Criminal Chessboard

by Anastasia Austin and Henry Shuldiner 7 Mar 202428 Oct 2024
Soldiers march through Durán, Ecuador as man works on internet cables
Posted inNews Security Policy

Unpacking Criminal Violence in Durán, Ecuador’s Cocaine Warehouse

by Anastasia Austin 14 Feb 202426 Sep 2024
US General Laura Richardson shakes hands with President Daniel Noboa in Ecuador - General estadounidense Laura Richardson estrecha la mano del Presidente Daniel Noboa en Ecuador
Posted inNews Security Policy

US-Ecuador Security Cooperation: A New Plan Colombia?

by Anastasia Austin 1 Feb 202431 Jul 2024
Ecuadorian soldiers stand next to 21.5 tons of cocaine seized in Los Ríos Soldados ecuatorianos junto a 21,5 toneladas de cocaína incautadas en Los Ríos
Posted inNews Choneros

Record Cocaine Seizure Hits Ecuador’s Gangs

by Anastasia Austin and Gavin Voss 24 Jan 202431 Jul 2024
An Ecuadorian soldier stands in front of a line of seated, detained men.
Posted inNews Security Policy

Ecuador Faces a Tangled Web in Its War on Gangs

by Anastasia Austin 19 Jan 202431 Jul 2024
Fuerzas armadas de Ecuador por las calles
Posted inQ&A Security Policy

Assessing the Early Days of Ecuador’s War on Gangs

by InSight Crime 16 Jan 202431 Jul 2024
A line of Ecuadorian soldiers.
Posted inNews Security Policy

Ecuador’s Explosive War on Gangs Lacks Exit Strategy

by Anastasia Austin 9 Jan 202431 Jul 2024
A soldier stands in front of an electoral poster for President Daniel Noboa.
Posted inNews Elites and Crime

GameChangers 2023: Ecuador Loses Its Grip on Crime 

by Chris Dalby 4 Jan 20249 Jan 2024

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