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7 killed in third massacre in a week in Ecuador

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Quito, Ecuador — Seven people were shot dead in Ecuador while leaving a pool hall in the latest in a series of tit-for-tat gang attacks near the violence-plagued port city of Guayaquil, police said Sunday.  The third shooting in a week in the town of Duran brings the number of people killed to 17 in the flare-up in violence between two notorious local gangs, the Latin Kings and Chone Killers gangs, police said.  The latest shooting took place Sa…

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Duran. Seven people were shot dead Saturday night in Ecuador, in the third massacre recorded this week in the town of Durán, dominated by criminal gangs, police said Sunday. “The Latin King structure carries out an attack on the Chone Killer structure and as a result there are seven people dead,” Colonel Roberto Santamaría, police chief of the Durán district, told the press. Traces of blood from the shooting were still on the streets, which acco…

At least seven people were shot dead Saturday night in Ecuador, the third massacre recorded last week in the bustling town of Durán, controlled by criminal gangs, as reported by the authorities of that town. “The Latin King structure carries out an attack on the Chone Killer structure and as a result (there are) seven people dead,” Colonel Roberto Santamaría, police chief of the Durán district, told the press. Massacre In the streets there were …

Violent deaths in Ecuador - now considered a logistics hub for drug trafficking - have skyrocketed in recent years. Source: AFP Photographer: GERARDO MENOSCAL Seven people were shot dead Saturday night in Ecuador, in the third massacre recorded this week in the troubled town of Durán, dominated by criminal gangs, the local police reported Sunday.” The Latin King structure carries out an attack on the Chone Killer structure and as a result (the…

·Lima, Peru
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Ecuador declares a partial state of emergency in Quito and six other provinces due to drug violenceSeven dead in a new massacre in Ecuador, hit by drug violenceSeven people were shot dead Saturday night in Ecuador, in the third massacre recorded this week in the troubled town of Durán, dominated by criminal gangs, police said Sunday. “The Latin King structure carries out an attack on the Chone Killer structure and as a result (there are) seven p…

·Lima, Peru
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El Comercio broke the news in Lima, Peru on Sunday, October 13, 2024.
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