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By Claudia Polanco Yermanos Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan 18 (EFE).- The murder of prosecutor César Suárez on Wednesday afternoon in Guayaquil is just the tip of the iceberg of the violence Ecuador is facing. One person dies every 69 minutes due to insecurity, making the armoring of clothes, vehicles, homes, and offices a growing need for …
Quito, Jan 18 (EFE).- Two suspects in the murder of the Ecuadorian prosecutor César Suárez will enter pre-trial detention while the Prosecutor’s Office continues investigations into the assassination of the magistrate, who had been investigating the armed takeover of a television channel when he was killed. A criminal judge ordered the pre-trial detention of Cristhian …
Authorities also arrested the suspected killers of a prosecutor who was gunned down Wednesday in his car on the streets of the port city of Guayaquil, which has become a dangerous drugs hub.
Quito, Jan. 19 (EFE) – In the first ten days of the “internal armed conflict” declared by the Ecuadorian government against organized crime gangs, a total of 2,369 people were arrested, 158 of them for terrorism, according to a government report released Friday. On Jan. 9, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared an “internal armed conflict” …