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Six, including 2-year-old girl, killed in beachside shooting in Ecuador
The shooting, linked to gang rivalries over drug-trafficking routes, left six dead including a toddler; Ecuador faces a record homicide rate of 52 per 100,000 residents.
- On Dec 28, multiple gunmen killed six people, including an approximately two years old toddler, on a beachside boardwalk in Puerto López, Manabí province.
- Police said initial reports point to an internal dispute between criminal groups amid gang rivalries tied to drug‑trafficking routes linked to Mexican and Colombian cartels.
- Armed men in a van and on two motorcycles opened fire with automatic weapons on the boardwalk around 9am, wounding three others before fleeing; no arrests announced, police said.
- It was the third deadly attack in the city this weekend, bringing a weekend death toll of nine and threatening tourism at the whale‑watching hub Puerto López.
- The Organised Crime Observatory reports Ecuador is on track for 52 homicides per 100,000 residents, while President Daniel Noboa's hardline policies have done little against cartel‑linked gang activity.
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QUITO (AP) — Police and military forces reinforced their presence Monday in Puerto López, a violent coastal city in southwestern Ecuador where six people, including a minor, were gunned down in an armed attack, according to reports…
·Calhoun, United States
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Six people have been killed and three others injured in a shooting in the popular tourist resort of Puerto López, Ecuador.
·Budapest, Hungary
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In the council of Puerto López, popular among tourists for the observation of whales, five adults and one child were killed by men armed with spinal cord and three others were injured.
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right7Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Right
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64% Right
L 18%
C 18%
R 64%
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