[Link] State of Emergency Declared Over Crime Spike and Cocaine Boom in Ecuador

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Lasso’s declaration comes amid spiraling violence in the country, and just 18 days after a confrontation in an Ecuadorian prison between rival criminal groups left 116 inmates dead, including six who were decapitated.

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