Ecuador exceeds 2,300 murders in the first quarter of 2025

Despite the state of emergency in several regions of Ecuador, the support of the Army in security tasks with the Police and other measures of the Government to deal with violence and insecurity, the South American country exceeded 2,360 murders in the first three months of 2025. READ ALSO: Nueva Masacre in Ecuador left 11 people murdered The number of homicides in the first quarter of 2025, exceeds by 65 percent the 1,428 murders reported in the…

MADRID 22 Apr. (EUROPA PRESS).- The Ecuadorian authorities have raised violent deaths to more than 2,300 in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 65 per cent over the same period last year and makes it the most violent since records have been kept in the Latin American country. According to data published by the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 2,361 violent deaths have occurred until April 18, 65 per cent more than the first three month…

Ecuador exceeds 2,300 homicides in the first quarter of 2025, 65% more than in 2024 Ecuador reached 2,361 homicides in the first quarter of 2025 by counting 831 murders in March, according to data published on Monday, April 21, 2025 by the Ministry of the Interior, a figure that added to 1,530 that [...] The entry Ecuador exceeds 2,300 homicides in the first quarter of 2025, a murder per hour appears first in NODAL.

Ecuador faces an unprecedented wave of violence, which makes the first quarter of 2025 the deadliest in its modern history. From January to March, the country recorded 2361 violent deaths, reflecting a marked increase of 65 % compared to the same period of 2024, when