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Presidential Candidate Assassinated in Ecuador Just Days Before Election
Fernando Villavicencio was killed as he left a campaign event, as cartel-related violence explodes in once-peaceful Ecuador.
Grenades, Guns, and Dynamite: Ecuador Prison Gangs Keep Killing Each Other
The latest gang massacre brings the death toll in Ecuador's prisons to more than 300 this year.
Warring Gangs Beheaded at Least 6 People in Ecuador's Bloodiest Prison Riot Ever
President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in the prison system after 116 inmates died in one of the worst riots in Latin American history.
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Homemade Grenades Are the Latest Twist in a Bloody Prison Gang War
An ongoing prison war in Ecuador has left over 100 dead this year.
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