Frantic purchases of ammunition, the daylight assassination of a mayor, and a growing body count inside Ecuador’s prisons signal that the country’s roiling security crisis is going from bad to worse.
The Andean country, a relatively peaceful nation until a few years ago, is now plagued by a turf war between rival criminal organizations. Amid the brutal violence – among the worst in decades – the government in June announced the purchase of 24 million gun cartridges – a figure that far exceeds the country’s population – to beef up the security services.
Analysts, including Coronel Mario Pazmiño, a former chief of intelligence in the Ecuadorian Army, told CNN that foreign syndicates like Mexican cartels, Brazilian urban gangs, and even Albanian mafia cells have co-opted local organizations in Ecuador to act as foot soldiers in the ongoing conflict. The dollarization of Ecuador’s economy in 2000 also made it an easy location for criminal groups to launder illicit gains, say analysts.
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