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Violence-battered Ecuadorans vote on anti-crime measures

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QUITO — Ecuadorans vote in a referendum Sunday on proposed tougher measures to fight gang-related crime as the country grapples with a shocking rise in violence that has seen two mayors killed just this week. The once-peaceful South American country has recently found itself in the grips of a terrorising wave of violence blamed on gangs with links to transnational cartels using its ports to ship drugs to the United States and Europe. President D…

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Malay Mail

Prison chief slain as Ecuadorans vote on anti-crime measures

QUITO, April 22 — Assailants gunned down the chief warden of an Ecuador prison Sunday as citizens across the nation cast ballots on proposed tougher measures to fight a surge in gang-related crime. Damian Parrales, chief of the El Rodero prison in coastal Manabi state, “was victim of an attack that unfortunately cost him his life”, the national prison authority said in a statement. Ecuadoran prisons have become nerve centres for organised crime …

12 days ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Al Jazeera

Ecuadoreans give nod to tightened security amid persisting gang violence

More than half of voters on Sunday voted to support President Noboa’s plans for tighter security measures.

12 days ago·Qatar

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Inquirer

Prison chief slain as Ecuadorans vote on anti-crime measures

QUITO, Ecuador — Assailants gunned down the chief warden of an Ecuador prison Sunday as citizens across the nation cast ballots on proposed tougher measures to fight a surge in gang-related crime. Damian Parrales, chief of the El Rodero prison in coastal Manabi state, “was a victim of an attack that unfortunately cost him his life,” the national prison authority said in a statement. Ecuadoran prisons have become nerve centers for organized crime…

12 days ago·Manila, Philippines

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Time Magazine

Ecuador Votes to Tighten Security Measures Amid Nationwide Wave of Violence

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] An official quick count showed that Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted “yes” to all nine questions focused on tightening security measures, rejecting only two proposals on more controversial economic measures. The quick count was …

12 days ago·United States

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Jordan Times

Violence-battered Ecuadorans vote on anti-crime measures

12 days ago·Amman, Jordan

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jurist.org

Ecuador votes to approve tightened security measures amid wave of violence

Ecuadorians voted to approve a number of security proposals from President Daniel Noboa on Sunday as the South American country experiences a surge in violence that has claimed the lives of multiple public officials, including a presidential candidate. Among the proposals was a proposition to amend Ecuador’s constitution to allow the country’s armed forces to fight organized crime alongside the police. Voters also approved four additional propos…

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