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Reports of armed attacks throughout Guayaquil and other parts of the country were widespread, occurring primarily in prisons, markets, roads, and uni... | [0.002612701617181301, 0.004905043635517359, -0.09693561494350433, -0.013596723787486553, 0.04337696358561516, -0.010740796104073524, 0.04690082371234894, -0.034022074192762375, -0.034168556332588196, 0.03108052909374237, 0.01791171170771122, -0.005004603881388903, 0.05754069611430168, -0.019117610529065132, -0.0247420... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
d037ee251633877b8c5ff6be9ebb951a88e810ad7e3d8643e07f65191c4c4a14 | == Background == The homicide rate in Ecuador rose from 5 to 46 per 100,000 inhabitants between 2017 and 2023. According to political analyst Fernando Carrion, from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, the turning point came when Lenín Moreno came into office in 2017. The new president embarked on a policy o... | [0.04336424916982651, 0.017149746417999268, 0.015005002729594707, -0.01824340969324112, 0.012337325140833855, -0.018070433288812637, -0.023020243272185326, -0.01261596754193306, -0.051991257816553116, -0.028499817475676537, 0.05273380130529404, 0.04798943176865578, 0.05741853266954422, -0.02374096028506756, 0.010792089... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
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The deterioration in social indicators has also made it easier for gangs to recruit. While the poverty rate had fallen from 35% to 21% between 2007 and 2017, the combined effects of a reduction in... | [0.04389870539307594, 0.0191414263099432, -0.014638702385127544, -0.021860916167497635, 0.0716242641210556, -0.04585739225149155, 0.0183580182492733, -0.017939934507012367, 0.03819752857089043, -0.0009606733801774681, 0.028751472011208534, 0.034813933074474335, 0.052690375596284866, -0.003985715564340353, -0.0059011639... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
387a91931cf73e11d0d4c74413a5a2ab263e0949d55937c7d6a704e227bde847 | Unemployment and the lack of study grants mean that a third of young people aged between 15 and 25, mostly from disadvantaged backgrounds, are neither studying nor working, making them vulnerable to recruitment by criminal groups.
Geographically, Ecuador is located between Colombia and Peru, the two main cocaine produ... | [0.08017502725124359, -0.029009800404310226, -0.0286006648093462, 0.019876092672348022, 0.07950451225042343, 0.06681417673826218, -0.03862389922142029, -0.046173375099897385, -0.009275732561945915, 0.010857226327061653, 0.010613552294671535, 0.01456731278449297, 0.03276430442929268, -0.001416974700987339, -0.0293165035... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
ca1c85249883765a0d94985d316db1caec2a4655ebf7dad84d1569328619d59b | Until 2016, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) controlled cocaine trafficking operations between Colombia and Ecuador. Following a peace agreement between FARC and the Colombian government that year which led to the former withdrawing from main cocaine producing areas, some dissident FARC members founde... | [0.027331339195370674, -0.05037826672196388, 0.02880530245602131, -0.013077320531010628, 0.06289246678352356, -0.022733354941010475, -0.01749846339225769, 0.009766954928636551, -0.08403468132019043, -0.013019973412156105, -0.01064278930425644, -0.036553867161273956, 0.06196651607751846, 0.01513400673866272, -0.04197380... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
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According to Vox, the lower demand for cocaine in the United States alongside the Colombian peace process created a power vacuum that saw Albanian, Mexican and Venezuelan criminal groups attempt to control drug trafficking routes out of Ecuador. Former interior minister and head of the National Police of Peru, Eduardo... | [0.024987882003188133, -0.017433132976293564, 0.0006435305112972856, 0.020900584757328033, 0.06018663942813873, 0.007457271218299866, -0.044574812054634094, 0.015910247340798378, -0.05209967866539955, 0.032342009246349335, 0.0064151533879339695, 0.005050967913120985, 0.1125882938504219, -0.01272515393793583, -0.0436652... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
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In 2019 massive riots broke out in response to austerity measures. On 10 October, the capital Quito was overrun by the protesters forcing president Moreno to relocate the government to Guayaquil. | [-0.007032180204987526, -0.048323120921850204, -0.04752635583281517, -0.023351967334747314, 0.04426911473274231, -0.07277890294790268, 0.012884346768260002, -0.03320222347974777, -0.0492098405957222, -0.005008455831557512, -0.03836964815855026, -0.05584119260311127, 0.035455066710710526, 0.030261356383562088, -0.038013... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
7e8b4b3b24b8bcfe4bbbaf7363f01efdd6bffb92cf8119b724884c540209f87e | Returning the fuel subsidies ended these clashes.
On 2 November 2022 President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in the provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas for the next 45 days following the killings of five police officers and the abduction of several prison guards by organized crime members. == Escape of ... | [-0.01495469268411398, -0.03236675262451172, -0.06180308014154434, -0.007481199689209461, 0.05016593262553215, -0.013635407201945782, -0.009813064709305763, -0.03441955894231796, -0.02075699344277382, -0.0008959707338362932, -0.05467453598976135, -0.0240167248994112, 0.03911227360367775, -0.039964623749256134, -0.03550... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
34dd1bc8d2c98d858237449e5b3682434489243737b9329756ef6866eed44b7e | The events were reported the next day by authorities, with charges being filed against two corrections officers. On 9 January, Fabricio Colón Pico, the leader of another criminal group, Los Lobos, also escaped from prison in Riobamba four days after he had been arrested for plotting to kill Attorney-General Diana Sala... | [0.0036494750529527664, -0.0025715359952300787, -0.007968025282025337, -0.04190617799758911, 0.060672253370285034, -0.07626797258853912, 0.0585220642387867, 0.007484319619834423, -0.028904080390930176, 0.0021888844203203917, 0.0018250019056722522, -0.0042284713126719, 0.10632365196943283, -0.033235032111406326, -0.0749... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
25b84f6a6ab4a1ceeacfe2abdc2448ce4430ed1decc43d8686125247c91fee83 | Riots ensued in multiple prisons across Ecuador. A series of attacks took place, including attacks with explosives on businesses and private vehicles and an explosion near the house of the president of the National Court of Justice. On the night of 8 January, four police officers were kidnapped in Quito and Quevedo. | [0.012274209409952164, 0.002713856054469943, 0.05024292692542076, -0.007854221388697624, 0.026258643716573715, -0.05041512846946716, -0.028525758534669876, -0.06410857290029526, -0.0025089129339903593, 0.009380199946463108, 0.03532117232680321, 0.030392328277230263, 0.1284942924976349, -0.06577329337596893, -0.01527148... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
cb266ad03098dc043db2bfa5cad84fc1a4877b05b27f775d838e1468af3fb7ae | According to The Washington Post, intelligence analysts said that the attacks may have been triggered at least in part by a recent investigation into links between drug traffickers, criminal gangs, and political operators. The operation, known as Metastasis, led to the arrests of at least 20 top security officials and... | [-0.003230642294511199, -0.05752165988087654, 0.03484240919351578, 0.015831612050533295, 0.04866081476211548, -0.004386526998132467, -0.02364029362797737, -0.051046546548604965, -0.041900988668203354, 0.039458636194467545, -0.018624350428581238, -0.0012443932937458158, 0.11030902713537216, 0.038072485476732254, 0.00543... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
723d1f4de326a6a662bf280f71dfd73f3e5c66cb0e861de3e97f770805cdfad6 | On the same day, Los Choneros gunmen forcibly entered a TC Televisión studio in Guayaquil, where they took journalists hostage during a live newscast. Later in the day, the Ecuadorian police raided the TV studio, released the journalists, and arrested the gang members. One journalist was injured after being shot in th... | [-0.0019882924389094114, 0.035074084997177124, -0.04168561473488808, -0.04558555781841278, 0.024059124290943146, -0.11770300567150116, 0.019712254405021667, -0.011366681195795536, 0.012455249205231667, -0.0031563828233629465, 0.05129002407193184, -0.07657244056463242, 0.08488991856575012, -0.10945934057235718, -0.01077... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
8cadbbe67d2649c8d11d23e860c160a87f69b3f24eb9905c67e7f35f2b0d2603 | Some of the attackers were reported to be minors.
In Quito at 15:00, officials of the Palacio de Carondelet in the historic center and other state institutions were evacuated for safety. Many businesses closed their commercial activities for the day. | [0.007383360993117094, -0.014316662214696407, -0.0492696613073349, -0.016144411638379097, 0.02682691067457199, 0.023418180644512177, -0.060923781245946884, -0.024343319237232208, -0.018888799473643303, -0.02111932262778282, -0.021151438355445862, -0.021121298894286156, 0.020153416320681572, -0.05830143764615059, 0.0382... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
e1e019c34f47b89c6de72e1639910f45535f436534d3836d719dcaf73ad9229d | An explosive device was later found and deactivated in the vicinity of the Obelisco de la Vicentina. It was also reported that the vehicle restriction system called pico y placa was suspended until further notice. Several hospitals in Guayaquil were targets of violent acts, including Teodoro Maldonado, Luis Vernaza, G... | [0.04243023693561554, -0.013358306139707565, -0.03047817014157772, -0.012081403285264969, 0.04871721565723419, -0.05652894079685211, 0.03831315413117409, -0.01852785423398018, -0.014725678600370884, 0.0066292136907577515, -0.003632862353697419, -0.029683612287044525, 0.1042732447385788, -0.09692558646202087, 0.01319361... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
6de45533129403999f84d6d4030a8b1a329f14fd8fd8d521dd3ab97049c32969 | The assaults on the hospitals ranged from robberies of medical personnel to shooting at medical facilities. During an attack near Ceibos Hospital, the singer Diego Gallardo (also known as "Aire del Golfo") and a high school student were shot and wounded. Both were treated at the same hospital, where Gallardo died from... | [0.005720969755202532, 0.0067976778373122215, -0.0827283188700676, -0.04447617381811142, 0.020856333896517754, -0.10842182487249374, 0.08085479587316513, -0.08303830772638321, 0.04653547331690788, 0.0037266258150339127, 0.025295507162809372, 0.008741514757275581, 0.01519723515957594, -0.10855460166931152, -0.0109324650... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
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Concurrently, another group took police officers hostage, coercing them to read a message characterizing the events as a reaction to Noboa's declared state of emergency. Additionally, a kidnapping incident unfolded at the University of Guayaquil campus, where students barricaded themselves inside classrooms.
Several a... | [-0.03471823036670685, 0.021953511983156204, -0.03293376788496971, -0.04361947625875473, 0.07666061073541641, -0.07900653779506683, 0.0653662458062172, -0.018883028998970985, -0.008678808808326721, 0.006367676891386509, -0.030519787222146988, 0.009517697617411613, 0.0805596336722374, -0.10317487269639969, 0.03328542783... | 2024 Ecuadorian conflict | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ecuadorian_conflict | 1333c21cc7d265d3ff76f2df822268bdaa1fb40b31db5c9266fc137632c8c060 |
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