US EditionSeven Killed in Ecuador Pool Hall Shooting
Ecuador’s homicide rate rose to 38 per 100,000 residents in 2024 amid escalating drug-related gang violence and turf wars affecting multiple cities, officials said.
- On Sunday, gunmen shot dead at least seven people at a pool hall in Santo Domingo, police said.
- Once considered a bastion of peace, Ecuador has been plunged into crisis after transnational cartels used its ports to ship drugs to the United States and Europe, with officials estimating that nearly three-quarters of the world’s cocaine output transits through the country.
- Purported security camera footage shows attackers in black masks opening fire on two men at the pool hall entrance, then fleeing before a police vehicle arrived.
- Despite widespread operations and states of emergency, President Daniel Noboa’s government has seen little reduction in violence since last year.
- Recent figures show Ecuador registered 294 homicides from January to May 2025, analysts say it is the most violent start to a year in the country's recent history.
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rd.nlAt least seven people were killed in a shooting at a pool hall in the Ecuadorian city of Santo Domingo, police announced. The motive for the shooting remains unclear.
The murders were likely linked to organized crime - Over 4,000 homicides have been recorded in 5 months
Quito, Ecuador. Seven people died this Sunday in Ecuador when attackers opened fire in a billiards, the third such massacre so far this month, the police reported in the midst of the wave of violence that the country is experiencing.Ecuador, located among the two main cocaine exporters in the world, Colombia and Peru, has suffered increasing bursts of violence due to the struggles between criminal gangs with links to Mexican and Colombian cartel…
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