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Ecuador's Fragmented Underworld: Rasquiña's Legacy Fuels Gang Wars

InSight Crime traces Ecuador's escalating gang violence to the legacy of Jorge Luis Zambrano, alias 'Rasquiña,' whose death fragmented a criminal federation into warring factions. The piece analyzes how his leadership and subsequent power vacuum drove record homicide rates. This matters as it contextualizes Ecuador's security crisis, which has regional implications for drug trafficking and migration.

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InSight Crimeabout 13 hours agoECengCredibility 56%View source

Score Breakdown

Mosaic Score5.7
Model confidence0.5
Significance0.5
Source credibility0.6

Intelligence Tags

#gang violence#drug trafficking#organized crime#ecuador#security crisis

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Ecuador
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