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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Feb 12 2024 (IPS) - “For a couple of years now we’ve been seeing the violence growing so fast,” said José, who asked not to give his last name for fear of reprisals he may face in Monte Sinai, a low-income neighborhood in Ecuador’s most populous city, Guayaquil.
The growth of gangs in Ecuador took hold gradually, in poor areas, and their presence and control boomed during the last two years.
A practice that expanded worldwide during the Covid-19 lockdowns to avoid physical proximity, online schooling returns to Ecuador in a move to minimize the dangers of living in the crime-ridden coastal province of Guayas, particularly its capital, Guayaquil, where shootings and murders have become commonplace, it was announced Sunday.
Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway
Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway