The west bank. These pictures showed the west bank. These pictures showed the destruction from that rate. Voting is getting under way in ecuador in a referendum on proposed tougher measures to tackle a surge in gang related violence, which has seen two mayors killed in the last week. Measures include an expansion of Military And Police powers that will allow the military to patrol the streets alongside the police. Theyll also signicantly boost Gun Controls and impose harsher Prison Sentences for Terrorism And Drug trafficking. President Daniel Noboa also wants to change the constitution so ecuadorans wanted abroad for organised crime related offences can be extradited. A State Of Emergency was announced injanuary after a top Gang Leader escaped from jail, there were prison riots, an armed attack on a Tv Station and several politicians were murdered. In the last year alone 8,000 violent deaths have been recorded. But Human Rights Groups are concerned that if these measures are passed it could lead to abuses