Two recent gang-related prison riots in Ecuador left 29 inmates dead, including an alleged top financier of organized crime, and 50 more wounded.
Relatives of inmates wait for news after a prison riot in Guayaquil. Photo: Fernando Mendez/AFP via Getty
Ecuador is considered a key link in the trafficking of cocaine to Europe and the U.S. The UN's 2022 World Drug Report lists Ecuador as the country with the third-most cocaine seizures.Leandro "el Patrón" Norero was among the 16 inmates killed last Monday during a fight inside a maximum security prison in the city of Latacunga, during which inmates wielded knives and guns.
His proposals to fight narco-trafficking, “Plan Ecuador,” have similarities to those implemented in Colombia in the 1990s, though the government intends them to be less aggressive. Gen. Laura Richardson, head of U.S. Southern Command, traveled to Ecuador in September 2022 and discussed drug trafficking, regional security and U.S. assistance with Lasso.Violent crime rates in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, have climbed to unprecedented levels.
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