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Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed

Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed

President declares state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gang leader escapes from jail and gunmen invade TV studio

Few Ecuadoreans were prepared for just how swiftly and steeply the security situation in their country could plummet. Murder and violence linked to drug trafficking has soared, as the country has become one of the most dangerous in Latin America.

Until just a few years ago, Ecuador was a corner of relative peace sandwiched between the world’s two biggest cocaine producers, Colombia and Peru, which have recently seen their own violent internal conflicts between security forces and nominally leftist rebels linked to the lucrative drugs trade.

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