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The Latest Breaking News from Ecuador

State of emergency: inside the 19 January Guardian Weekly

How drugs upended Ecuador. Plus: Europe’s eco-warrior monarchs

The Guardian - UK

‘Every day someone dies’: life and death in Ecuador’s most murderous city

Across a river from the port city of Guayaquil, Durán has become a strategic hub for drug shipments and a battleground for gangs

The Guardian - UK

Rumors, Disinformation Fuel Panic Amid Ecuador Narco War

A crowd of students runs panicked through the campus of a university in Ecuador while others block a classroom door in fear of an armed intrusion.

International Business Times

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Fighting 'Spidermen' Narcos In Violence-torn Ecuador's Biggest Port

The Guayas Estuary, with its 28 ports, is the heart of the violence-torn country's economy.

International Business Times

Crisis in Ecuador: Security Forces Regain Control of Prisons After a Week of Chaos

Nearly 180 officials were being held hostage inside the prisons following a security crisis catalyzed by the escape of a powerful drug lord

Latin Times

National Hat Day: The Panama Hat is Actually Ecuadorian and Advocates Are Pushing to Update the Name

They asked retailers to rename the Panama hat to the Ecuador hat.

Latin Times

Ecuador is copying El Salvador’s war on gangs – but it will only add to the spiral of violence

Latin Americans besieged by organised crime may be willing to overlook a turn towards authoritarianism, but at what cost, asks Buenos Aires-based journalist Jordana Timerman

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Hostages Safe, Ecuador Now Faces Reclaiming Prison Control

Ecuador's security forces worked Sunday to regain control of prisons that had fallen into the hands of gang members

Latin Times

Scores of hostages released from gang-controlled prisons, Ecuador government claims

Presidency makes announcement nearly a week after wave of violence hit South American country

The Guardian - UK

All Remaining Hostages Seized In Ecuador Prison Riots Freed

All remaining 136 prison guards and administrative workers who were seized as hostages during prison riots in Ecuador were freed on Saturday night, prison authorities said.

International Business Times

‘We are at war’: Ecuador’s president vows to crack down on gangs behind week of violence

After criminals storm TV station and take prison guards hostage, Daniel Noboa pledges to stop his country becoming a narco-state

The Guardian - UK

After Curfew, On The Hunt For Ecuador's Gang Member

"What are you doing here? Don't you know it's the curfew?"

International Business Times

Archeologists Find Lost Cities in the Amazon Dating Back 2,000 Years and Housing 10,000 Farmers

Recent mapping technology showed that a series of mounds and buried roads found in Ecuador were part of a network of settlements that lasted about 1,000 years

Latin Times

In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis

Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa

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International Business Times

Latin America's Experience Shows Limits Of All-out War On Gangs

As Ecuador wages war against criminal gangs, experts warn that similar security crackdowns have produced mixed results elsewhere in Latin America -- and sometimes even led to worse violence.

The Conversation

How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis

Ecuador was until relatively recently seen as one of the safest countries in Latin America.

The Guardian - US

‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos

As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has soared, with a TV station assault the crescendo of a week of bloodshed

France 24

Archeologists uncover ‘lost valley of cities’ built 2,500 years ago in Ecuador

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago.

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The Guardian - US

Ecuador’s biggest city ‘a desert’ as state tries to restore order after gang violence

Guayaquil eerily quiet as armed forces patrol in wake of stunning wave of arson, bombings and prison riots that killed as many as 15

The Independent UK

Archeologists map lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon, settlements that lasted 1,000 years

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago

International Business Times

'They Aroused Our Ire': Ecuador Vows To Crush Gangs

Ecuador's armed forces were engaged in a brutal standoff with organized crime Thursday, deploying more than 22,400 soldiers to put down a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives.

The Independent UK

A spike in violence rattles Ecuador as nightclub arson kills 2 and false bomb sparks evacuation

A fake bomb threat has rattled the capital of Ecuador and sparked the mobilization of an anti-explosives unit to a bustling area

France 24

What we know about 'Fito', Ecuador's notorious gang leader who escaped jail

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for a spike in car bombings, kidnappings and slayings, was discovered missing from his prison cell where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking.

Evening Standard

Brits on holiday in Ecuador describe ‘total chaos’ as cartel violence grips country

'I hope everyone can get back to their normal lives but I don't think that's going to happen,' a British tourist said