US EditionGunmen Kill 17 in El Empalme Shooting
- Gunmen killed 17 people, including a 12-year-old boy, and injured 14 in a Sunday night shooting at La Clínica bar in El Empalme, Guayas province.
- The attack occurred amid escalating violence fueled by armed groups battling for drug-trafficking routes in Ecuador, especially in Guayas, where violence has surged.
- Witnesses stated the attackers yelled "active wolves," likely alluding to a local gang, and authorities recovered more than 40 ballistic fragments from the location.
- Ecuador recorded 4,619 violent deaths in the first six months of 2025, a 47% increase year-on-year, prompting a national assembly reform to grant more power combating armed groups.
- The attorney general’s office is investigating the incident, highlighting ongoing challenges in Ecuador’s struggle against organized crime and drug-linked violence.
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Since 2019, violence in Ecuador has been steadily increasing, the South American country has become the hub of international drug trafficking. Social scientist Fernando Carrión analyses the development.
The Washington Hispanic
udgtvAt least 17 people died and 14 others were injured in two armed attacks on Sunday in a convulsed coastal area of Ecuador, one of the region’s most violent countries due to the bitter disputes of narco gangs, the police reported on Monday. Pools of blood flood the desolate streets in which the massacres took place on Sunday, in which a minor died. Fifteen of the victims were shot with guns and rifles outside a liquor store in the small town of La…
The perpetrators opened fire from two pickup trucks. One of the fatalities was a 12-year-old boy.
The Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office has opened a preliminary investigation into the murder of 17 people in the canton of El Empalme, Guayas province.
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