Ecuador, a South American country, faces a major security crisis with unprecedented escalation of cartel violence and gang warfare. Drug trafficking has led to frequent states of emergency, prison riots, and a declared internal armed conflict. https://uzax.com/ec/ en editor@uzax.com (Editor) https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://uzax.com/ec/ Ecuador, a South American country, faces a major security crisis with unprecedented escalation of cartel violence and gang warfare. Drug trafficking has led to frequent states of emergency, prison riots, and a declared internal armed conflict. https://uzax.com/flag/ec.png https://uzax.com/ec/dwgko https://uzax.com/ec/dwgko Five fishermen were killed and one injured in an armed assault on a fishing vessel in the early hours of Thursday, October 8, 2026, off the coast of Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador’s El Oro province Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:37:54 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dnnxb https://uzax.com/ec/dnnxb Two people were killed in an armed attack on a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Esmeraldas Libre cooperative of the Las Malvinas area in southern Guayaquil, local media reported Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:49:33 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/polqg https://uzax.com/ec/polqg Police officers from the Manuela Sáenz District, operating under the National Police’s Operational Strategy 3D, detained five individuals in the area of José Joaquín de Olmedo and General Mires streets following a violent death in central Quito Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:53:18 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/pveaw https://uzax.com/ec/pveaw Residents of Block 10 in Bastión Popular, in northern Guayaquil, Ecuador, are outraged and concerned after a local shopkeeper was killed in an armed attack on the night of Sunday, October 4, 2026 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:26:45 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dwerd https://uzax.com/ec/dwerd An armed assault targeted a barbershop in the Tres Postes area of Yaguachi canton, Guayas province, on the afternoon of Saturday, October 3, 2026, killing four people and wounding two others Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:42:24 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dkryp https://uzax.com/ec/dkryp Ecuadorian National Police detained five men on Saturday, October 3, 2026, following a violent armed attack in the Ciudadela Maldonado neighborhood of Durán, near Guayaquil, that left two people dead and others wounded Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:30:18 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dbnvd https://uzax.com/ec/dbnvd An informal taxi driver was shot and killed on Tuesday evening, September 30, 2025, following a high-speed pursuit by two motorcycle-riding gunmen on the Samborondón highway in Guayas province, Ecuador Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:18:53 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dword https://uzax.com/ec/dword A taxi driver was killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning, September 29, 2026, in the Carcelén Bajo neighborhood in northern Quito, Ecuador Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:23:51 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/pjebd https://uzax.com/ec/pjebd An armed attack on the night of Thursday, September 24, 2026, left two people dead and one injured in the Tarifa parish of Samborondón canton, in Ecuador’s Guayas province Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:05 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dxzad https://uzax.com/ec/dxzad A police officer was killed after gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the Nueva Granada cooperative, in Guayaquil’s Guasmo sector, late on September 20 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:17:31 +0000 Ecuador