Increased Extortion and Kidnapping in Ecuador, Among the Topics of the Bill on the Internal Armed Conflict: ‘The Underlying Problem Is Impunity’, Experts Point Out

The draft Organic Law to Disarticulate the Criminal Economy, proposed by President Daniel Noboa, responds, among other things, to the alarming increase in crimes such as extortion, kidnapping and extortionive kidnapping, which have strengthened the structures of armed groups organized in recent years, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior.

The Association for Sustainable Agro-industrial Development (ADAS) rejects the attack at the hands of criminals. It warns the authorities in the north of the country.

The Minister of Government, José de la Gasca, was interviewed by Radio Centro on the morning of Monday, May 19th. In this interview he mentioned that there is no time to lose. A bill that seeks to resolve the internal armed conflict will be presented. The National Government is advancing its strategy to curb organized crime. This time it does so through a bill already handed over to the National Assembly, which, according to Government Minister …

The Minister of Government, José de la Gasca, offered statements on May 19 regarding the bill submitted by the Executive, led by President Daniel Noboa, to the National Assembly, with the aim of confronting organized crime. De la Gasca assured that the government respects human rights, but stressed that

These are the economic measures proposed by Noboa in his new bill against criminal economies By Evelyn Tapia The new bill on an urgent economic basis, presented on May 17, 2025 by the government of Daniel Noboa, aims to "disarticulate the criminal economy linked to the internal armed conflict". [...] The entry Ecuador Daniel Noboa sent a draft urgent economic law to the National Assembly appears first in NODAL.