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Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally. See Table 16A and 16B.4 of Official Govt. of India publication: Crime in India 2018 [48] [49] Australia
Nine people were injured, including legislative candidate Gisella Molina and two police officers. [25] One suspect in the assassination, Johan David Castillo, died from injuries sustained in a shootout. [14] The attackers also threw a grenade towards Villavicencio's followers, but it did not explode. [12]
6 March: Seven people were killed and three injured after an attack by hit men in the Las Malvinas sector of southern Guayaquil. [53] 11 March: During a police operation in Quevedo, four members Los Choneros were arrested, including one of its leaders. [54] 24 March: A massacre occurred at the Eclipse nightclub in Esmeraldas. The incident left ...
STORY: The attacks overnight and early on Tuesday morning, which included nine explosions, were an open declaration of war by gangs, Lasso said in a video address. Seven prison officers were also ...
Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal ...
Ecuador is struggling to bring spiraling violence under control, with mayors fearing for their lives and the national government recognizing an increase in extortion and kidnapping amid a 90-day ...
On 29 March, eleven people were abducted in Manabí Province. Five of them were later found killed execution-style while the remaining six, including five children, were released. Two suspects were released the next day. Police said the victims may have been tourists caught up in a drug dispute. [59]
Early reports confirmed that at least 50 inmates were killed following the violence. 800 police officers were required to quell the violence. Some photographs and videos were spread on social media which showed the inmates decapitated and dismembered in pools of blood. [5] On February 24, the death toll of the inmates increased to 79. [6]