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Gang violence displaces over 300,000 in Ecuador

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Gang violence in Ecuador has forced over 300,000 people to flee their homes in the past three years. Residents are abandoning their houses to criminal groups who strip them for resources or use them as hideouts. The Nueva Prosperina district in Guayaquil has seen significant bloodshed due to factional fighting, with one resident describing bullets hitting rooftops as the catalyst for her family's departure. The escalating violence includes death threats, extortion, and murder, prompting widespread displacement. AI

RANK_REASON Significant societal impact due to widespread displacement caused by organized crime. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]

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Gang violence displaces over 300,000 in Ecuador

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Thousands of Ecuadorians flee their homes as gang violence worsens

    For one grandmother, it was when bullets began hitting ⁠the rooftops of her neighbourhood that she decided she would have to leave the housing development ⁠where she had lived for nearly 20 years. A sharp rise in fighting between gang factions in Ecuador has prompted thousands of…

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