Confronting Ecuador’s gang violence with international power? 

Port in Ecuador

Guayaquil port, Ecuador, is one of many ports commonly used to ship drugs to Europe and the USA. Photo: Andrés López Maldonado / Unsplash

 

Ecuador, located between two of the largest cocaine producers in Latin America, Peru and Colombia, has become increasingly violent in recent years. Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, told the BBC he wants foreign military aid to help fight his “war” against …

Artevelde explains: Ecuador’s ongoing gang violence

Credit: Artevelde University of Applied Sciences

 

Earlier this week, the Ecuadorian authorities recaptured Fabricio Colon Pico Suarez, the alleged leader of the notorious Los Lobos gang. His escape spotlights the South American country’s struggles with drug trafficking and gang violence, which has also expanded to Western …