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/dxglw https://uzax.com/ec/dxglw Two people, a man and a woman, were killed in an armed attack in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on the night of Thursday, October 22, 2026 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:14 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dyalm https://uzax.com/ec/dyalm Ecuador's National Service for Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) reported two simultaneous riots on October 22, 2026 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:37:05 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/dkbeq https://uzax.com/ec/dkbeq A tricimoto driver was killed in an armed attack on Avenue Ernesto Albán in southern Guayaquil at approximately 5:00 p Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:38:51 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/paqww https://uzax.com/ec/paqww A Catholic priest in Ecuador died after a large wooden crucifix fell from the wall and struck him while he was celebrating Mass in Guayaquil Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:06:00 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/pnnay https://uzax.com/ec/pnnay An armed attack at a billiard hall in the Central neighborhood of Puerto El Morro, a rural parish of Guayaquil in Guayas province, left at least nine dead, according to residents cited by Diario Extra Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:11:49 +0000 Ecuador https://uzax.com/ec/daqow https://uzax.com/ec/daqow A police officer was killed in an armed attack at a community police unit (UPC) in the Cube parish of Quinindé canton, in the center of Ecuador's Esmeraldas province, on the afternoon of Saturday, October 17, 2026 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:45:46 +0000 Ecuador 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