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Ecuador at the Crossroads of Transnational Crime: Violence, Criminal Reconfiguration, and Regional Challenges – PART II

For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January 2024, when President Daniel Noboa declared an internal armed conflict [ … ]

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Ecuador at the Crossroads of Transnational Crime: Violence, Criminal Reconfiguration, and Regional Challenge – PART I

Since January 2024, Ecuador has ceased to be a peripheral actor on the regional security map and has become a hemispheric concern. President Daniel Noboa’s declaration of an internal armed conflict and the designation of 22 criminal groups as terrorist organizations marked a turning point in the face of violence that had overwhelmed the traditional capacity of the state. The sustained increase in homicides, the [ … ]

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