Is Ecuador failing to regain control over the country? | DW News

As Ecuador's war against drug cartels continues, police arrested two suspects over the killing of an Ecuadorian prosecutor who was tasked with investigating last week's dramatic gang attack on a TV studio that was broadcast live.
Prosecutor Cesar Suarez was gunned down in his car in the port city of Guayaquil on Wednesday.
"We have apprehended two suspects involved in the murder of prosecutor Cesar Suarez... after investigative steps that allowed us to identify the alleged involvement in the criminal act," Police Commander General Cesar Zapata said on social media.
Police said the killing had the hallmarks of an assassination and evidence they recovered included a rifle, two pistols, a firearm charger and two cars.
Ecuador is in a state of emergency declared by President Daniel Noboa in response to last week's attack on live TV.
Authorities are fighting against transnational drug cartels that have increasingly been using Ecuadorean ports to ship narcotics to the United States and Europe.
Soldiers on Thursday launched a vast operation in a prison complex in Guayaquil, which has been the nerve center of the government's war on drug gangs.
"Army and police personnel are carrying out a new intervention" to "control the external and internal perimeters of the penitentiary center," the army said in a press release.
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[@BosGaurus05]

This is madness. It's happening just like in a movie. So scary

[@jsphat81]

Narcos: Ecuador coming in the near future. Sad to say this as an Ecuadorian myself.

[@crymeaariver]

This is Sparta!

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

Watch the two Elite Squad movies (Tropa de Elite). They based Max Payne 3 around those two movies and they are excellent. This reminds me a lot of the second Elite Squad movie.

[@RoseyFuture]

The judges that continue to release these criminals are a key part of the problem.

[@SoL-di9bk]

He escaped

[@This-is-Ravi]

Sometimes it feels like the whole of South America is blighted with the curse of drugs and cartels.

[@jamesmitch9792]

the US is blighted with the curse of fentanyl as they can't stop consuming it.

[@fredm.2699]

Because Americans demand more drugs

[@slavenrasic2173]

​@@fredm.2699So? You choose to trade drugs instead of working a job. Then you choose to kill people to make more money from it. Its much easier to blame someone else tho. Ora et labora

[@TheYoutubeUser69]

CIA made it that way

[@freespiritable]

Oh come on. Take responsibility for your share of what's happening to you. Lazy people wanting to get rich quickly, corrupted society romanticizing crime and easy money. My country is like yours. No one to blame but ourselves for not embracing education but the street life. If some other country can easily affect your country like that, it's still your people's fault for letting them do that. Change comes when you accept your share of responsibility. ​@@TheKZbinUser69

[@EvanAndHell]

Thank you for addressing the problems of demand for drugs in countries including Latin America and overseas, and the importance of building stronger institutions against corruption.

[@TRex-dd4ze]

Yes, it is good to mention the demand. I don't like when reports only mention the demand in the United States. There are drug doers in Ecuador too. There are more people in Latin America than there are in the United States, and of course many more people all across the world and unfortunately there is demand all over the place. I think when commentators just blame the United States they have a different focus or agenda going on.

[@kc-gl9wv]

Mexican/Americans are the users. These guys aren’t particularly users because coca is native to their land

[@mahaalabduljalil6596]

That’s why drugs is forbidden in Islam 😢 it’s the cause of soul and society destruction

[@dansiwek3593]

MSM addressing the problems? Hahahah that's funny.

[@cedricwidmaier9349]

Hahaha that’s like watching corruption fight against eachother Corruption vs Corruption

[@williesmith1703]

The country should adopt the El Salvador's Bokele effect.

[@charlesgrant-skiba5474]

A state that is unable to protect its most important officials will not be able to solve any problems. There are so many soldiers and police on the streets and the gangs operate as if nothing had happened. Someone helped the killers locate their target. This is a bad omen for Ecuador.

[@Dylan-lw1xc]

It’s only been a week, El Salvador had a rough start in there country too with the gangs setting off terror bombings

[@ImGeorgie]

There is an old saying in Mexico… that goes by “take care of yourselves because the police won’t help you” it’s a reality nowadays for us, that’s why we fight and defend ourself by all means, even if that means having friends in both sides, in case your local police go rouge, narcs will always be there to bury them.

[@jozen5384]

capitalist world. Legalize all drugs.

[@Dolomite1]

Maybe call President Bukele for advice?

[@davisurdaneta1426]

From a fast devloping and progressive country into a failed state. Political situation in any country can quickly change.

[@cristhiansteve]

Of course, and more when you tell the Gringos that they won't be able to get your natural resources at change value, then the history repeats: coup, new pro American president, internal turmoil, country in deep s...t and the American corporations happy.

[@truetech4158]

@@cristhiansteve The cybertruck guy publicly suggested invading a central american country for their lithium supplies because they wouldnt sell it to him at a low offer. He snorts rails of ketamine though and probably wasnt thinking clearly when he tweeted that, before twitter devalued to under a quarter of the price he paid for it and rebranded it. That seems to happen.

[@maggintons]

Its like there votes never mattered

[@z-wo4ue]

Yet some airheads blame the US for all of the country's misfortunes.

[@alexxxXXXrus]

Look at Cuba and think alittle. Capitalism= violence+slavery. Usa just sneeze at the neighbours lives, all the rest for them just a hobos.

[@spoiltchild79]

The situation could spiral out of control? 😳 *_The situation looks to be totally out of control!_*

[@Travelwithchris]

Imagine getting in that line of work knowing the consequences 😮

[@alejandroceron8928]

Fuerza hermanos ecuatorianos 🙌 desde Colombia entendemos muy bien su situación y estamos con ustedes en esta lucha 🇨🇴🤝🇪🇨

[@johndoemain2865]

This is so sad! When I lived in Ecuador 10 years ago, it was one of the safest countries in Latin America. Since Correa left office, it has become deadly dangerous

[@da4127]

Many of the legal issues when prosecuting these criminals come from laws created during Correa’s term, and this issue began after covid, not after he left

[@johndoemain2865]

@@da4127 gun crime was unheard of or rare when Correa was in office. If you got caught with a gun, it was 7 years in prison. All Ecuador had was petty crime. It was organize crime but that was more about cleaning money because Wcuador used the dollar but all this violence is recently

[@Lookingback-lg9ct]

@@da4127 He pulled the US military out and the entire Coast is not on Over The Horizon Radar. Drugs just move down the Coast. Correa caused a lot of this.

[@freespiritable]

Politicians flirting with crime can lead to this.

[@outlawevangelist]

Criminals pissed off that their bosses are being hunted and that new rules make their bedtime earlier can lead to this. This was a reactionary opposition. Nothing revolutionary or the slightest bit complicated as to its origins or causes.

[@langston3286]

Prosecutor maybe stumbled upon something he shouldn't have discovered? Truth is stranger than fiction..

[@daniellongstaff3408]

If you don't like a civilian prosecutor, would you prefer the military to run the justice system?

[@jamesmitch9792]

that wouldn't change much actually.

[@abdonramirez7178]

Para que les pase lo que le paso a Pinochet Rios montt Videla etc etc no gracias

[@ntuthukomadondo6027]

South Africa is next 😢

[@maskahleo]

nope

[@toes6018]

It already descends into a crime ridden country many years now

[@benchoflemons398]

I feel way more comfortable in Ecuador compared to sa tbh

[@outlawevangelist]

No clue what you're talking about. Next for what?

[@BizzeeB]

I just came back from Ecuador, and the last week of my trip coincided with the first week of this unrest. These sensationalist news stories have to stop. It is not a COUNTRYWIDE problem - there are some dangerous areas of Ecuador, and like many (most) parts of Latin America, all cities have their good areas and their bad areas. But to claim that "the country is spiraling out of control" is just irresponsible journalism. I was in Quito LAST WEEK - there is a greater police presence, but it is operating as normal other than the curfew (and really, how many cities are "safe" on the streets after 11PM anywhere in the developing world?) The murder rate in Guayaquil skews the murder rate in the rest of the country greatly. Is Ecuador going to have to step up its policing? Sure. Is the country "at war"? Not even close.

[@aaronvalentine9641]

Well said! I lived in Loja for some time, and also for a shorter period in Quito. Guayaquil is a stark contrast to many other parts of the country.

[@MentalIssuez]

I think that having to install a curfew is a pretty big dead giveaway on how the situation is pretty bad...

[@FreedomAlternativeRO]

> operating as normal other than the curfew Well, the curfew is not normal. Not even by a long shot. I've just came back from Laos and Cambodia. Also in the developing world. The streets were VERY safe throughout the night. You can call not being able to walk the streets after 11PM many things - but most certainly not "normal".

[@BizzeeB]

@@FreedomAlternativeRO I guess you haven't spent much time in Latin America. Cool.

[@BizzeeB]

@@MentalIssuez it happens literally every year at some point. But nice try.

[@MrBrownnn696]

Some of my dads side of the family still live their… How scary….

[@uhmilia287]

same 😢 this is so scary

[@mistervo8185]

That wasn't peace, it was compliance until it wasn't.

[@outlawevangelist]

Exactly

[@DonnaRice-l6w]

That wasn't peace, it was compliance until it wasn't.. Excellent discussion.

[@SnarkyMikey]

Excellent discussion

[@paulchatel2215]

El Salvador showed the way.

[@williamprada9348]

Wen government have. The desire if possible if the country the sporting cartel this never end now ecuador tomorrow will be and other Mexico and Colombia need a lider how protec the good people organizations the support criminal needs to be remove or change the way they actin because now they protec defend criminal Wen they supposedly are for defending good working hard people

[@jakeg3126]

I didn’t know people here in America wanted to go down there to retire. He must know something that I don’t.

[@steverobinson8771]

Whilst drugs remain illegal, none of this will end, in fact it will get worse and worse. You can't fight a war on drugs and win, it's utterly futile.

[@streetymike]

yep, where there is demand there will always be supply... very basic economics.

[@da4127]

I agree, but this has to be a global decision, otherwise, if Colombia or Ecuador just decide to legalise drugs to relieve their internal, issues, countries like the US and EU members would stop trading with them which would be terrible

[@shotta_live5375]

They should do like El Salvador put all the opposing gangs in the same place

[@outlawevangelist]

If they even begin to try that, the gangs will become the least of their problems. They will need to learn how to law enforce while allowing drugs to be sold with minimal casualties and more profits for the state. Ecuador is ok a drug route and what has happened in El Salvador has only made it that much more important.

[@oLevLovesLove]

If they don't like prosecutors then deal with them without legal proceedings.

[@aleh3627]

They will have to go the el Salvador route for a while it seems.

[@craigpetties1476]

The methods of the CIA apply throughout the American continent. Always the same scenario which delights American companies (producers of weapons, military equipment, bulletproof vests, armored vehicles, etc.) and it has been like this since the 1950s!!! 💯💯

[@craigpetties1476]

@@mcdough-sl7wf That's how business works. It's like wars, it's a lot of money

[@demoind9148]

Prayers for Ecuador they rise up against the cartels and corruption, this just shows up how putrid were their politicians. One day Peru will raise up too and it will suffer more than back in the 80s.

[@nopenever536]

Oh it was an "analysis". i thought it would be a report from a reporter that is actually reporting from the spot. Thanks anyways.😂

[@dixztube]

cant expect them to but sadly it might take citizens to have to fight back. that is so horrible and scary those poor poor people

[@skunkjulio]

"It melted sometimes" 😂😂

[@Jay890307]

There’s a lot of corruption in Ecuador. There’s a lot to be done. Ecuador should open up extradition to the US.

[@BH-pl7vg]

They’re actually looking into it, Noboa wants to send inmates to floating prisons.

[@outlawevangelist]

Everyone thinks the USA is the savior when a lot of their problems originate from US involvement and sponsorship of one side in a recently past civil war. It's like a dog that keeps getting bitten by the same snake because it just doesn't learn.

[@simonbartolomeo8548]

Los Chonerones… wasn’t that a song by The Knack ? I believe she means to say, Los Choneros.

[@Ace-b9v]

That lady must be protected at all cost

[@JimmyDew_]

It's going to take time obviously. You can't clap your hands and make it dissappear just like that. Have faith ❤🙏

[@martycallmer9865]

not with the border open

[@dansiwek3593]

Statism is a detrimental mental disorder causing all this.

[@awesome4561]

What the heck is Peru waiting to move their army to the boarder with Ecuador in order to avoid the gangs to migrate south.

[@outlawevangelist]

Why would Peru move their army anywhere? Peru isn't pissing off narcos at the moment. What do they care about what Ecuador is doing wrong? As long as it remains Ecuador's problem, why get involved?

[@cannabistalk4164]

Call El Salvador

[@wh2471]

The institution in charge of administration of jails SNAI in Ecuador needs to dissapear. DW go and make interviews inside jail to the prisioners. You will see how cruel is inside

[@paolojimenez8078]

She lied, no way the consumption per capita in Argentina or Brazil matches the US.

[@NinjaBehindTheScene]

It's cheap and readily accessible

[@JandiFX]

His assistant is the snitch 😤

[@ferny7402]

atleast theyre trying unlike Mexico

[@moic9704]

Méxican armed forces have eliminated More than 5000 cartel members In combat since 2006, USA Is the one doing nothing.

[@Neurocxwtm]

Gayakuil, is like she didn't even try.

[@xelakenya3493]

Ecuador. needs Kenyan sp's

[@doomergateblazze5030]

They just need too Legalize it in their country help stop all the killings in their country do what's good for your country not with good for America

[@Littlelamb2023]

corruption is the reason for all this! greed is a wonderful thing 🤦‍♂

[@dricoirving3236]

The AG lookin good!

[@Mecanotech]

There had to be more preparation than what it is.

[@grenadeonceadaykeepstheene7053]

What's the news authenticity level of DW channel ?

[@WitheysWorld]

They are pretty central/neutral with their reporting.

[@LalaLa-ld1gs]

Ecuador corrupt politicians: *allow criminals to grow* Criminals: *Grow uncontrollably* Goverment: *pikatchu face*

[@champ92868]

They cant stop the drugs. So theyll never end this

[@adamtady9288]

Diana is next on the list :)

[@dl-417.sohka.madika]

Trying to be like Colombia

[@monicacoffman8193]

It is so early to say about taking back control, 22 terrorists band. Ecuador needs support from international cooperation. They want to create panic but the Good people who want Peace in Ecuador are more our military people are fighting and President Noboa makes the best decision to not negotiate with terrorists. Ecuador needs Peace for our future generations.

[@kitthammes]

Viva El Salavdor Prision

[@migzzy0222]

Failed state

[@truetech4158]

The United States of Stockholm Syndrome. For when it doesnt matter who you vote for, you keep electing more of the same, like Snake Plissken moreless said in Escape From New York only in real life.

[@no-barknoonan1335]

​@@truetech4158Sir, this is Ecuador not the United States. The problem here is not who the voters put in office, it's the fact organized crime has deep pockets and is able to assassinate people, bribe people, and run clandestine operations. Organized crime here competes with elected officials, it has enough might to counteract law and order, and organized crime is NOT elected or voted into power, it inherently has a grip on power that is undemocratic. Whatever botfarm comment you are talking about is clearly meant for a video regarding democracy in the US, if your goal is to spread discontent on behalf of your eastern benefactors, please find a US centric video to copy and then paste your drivel onto.

[@truetech4158]

@@no-barknoonan1335 Stockholm syndrome isnt limited to the failed states such as the one florida man lives in nextdoor to where his longtime nextdoor neighbor lived before being unable to attend a courtroom appearance about his presidentially elected long time enabler. You can surely find it also in equador hiding in plain sight though never wanting to talk about it objectively. No matter what malignant unapologetic manipulative sociopaths say, their murderous violence never really produces after lives even if you were raised to pretend otherwise. The victims dont get to respawn like in your videogames, no matter what organized crime syndicates say.

[@outlawevangelist]

​@@no-barknoonan1335I concur

[@rodochan24]

Yes, Most of the criminal are freed by the judges just yesterday a boss of one of those criminals organization was set free by the judges.

[@sparks1792]

Even the interviewer tries to blame someone else lol. I’m happy the lady told the truth

[@Maybe1Someday]

They think "it could spiral out of control" Idk if Im trippin but that looks already out of control

[@armindapereira4433]

El Salvador President would end this in 6 months…

[@outlawevangelist]

Nah

[@karoma7898]

Ecuador should legalize the transport of drugs and tax their transport... it's a US/European market problem, let THEM worry about preventing drugs coming in, on their land, by their own government agencies ... it's not like the US is short on space or money.

[@axewieldingmilena]

That's a smart women. I admire her so much

[@MRMRCEE75]

It's hard to build but easy to destroy.

[@edvard-swift3645]

This is what happens when you treat your citizens like they're not human instead of locking everybody they should spend that money on rehabilitation and ways to solve poverty, they backed there people in corner with there force now they are reap what they sowed

[@thekingin3128]

hod help you ecuador

[@EchoCreep]

This is just like Escobar Narcos show but irl 😐

[@2226robin]

The gang leader is hides in the neighbors country and given the order from his cell phone.

[@minoadlawan4583]

The cartel will be brutal and so should Ecuador.

[@livinthefilm]

Man its like Escobar's Colombia

[@outlawevangelist]

Not really.

[@AnotherMartinez]

Keeping the thugs human rights front and center always has consequences….

[@dicksonjrrefe1291]

The gang leader dont escape he paid BIG money for freedom

[@statuarytuna676]

Illegal drug cartels? There’s legal drug cartels?

[@outlawevangelist]

😂

[@thatdude8464]

Ecuador the new Mexico Sad

[@outlawevangelist]

Luckily the attackers were less united than Ecuador which is why this coup will fail. Maybe next time they will execute their rebellion with more expertise knowledge of how to actually do so. They will lose more money now because of this temper tantrum they have thrown that has the entire world watching. To go after ONE prosecutor is reactionary and ineffective and to get caught is juvenile. Ecuador might want to look into consulting and securing their borders better because the next time this happens, truly trained forces may be what they are up against with leadership that actually knows what they are doing. They dodged a bullet, pun intended, this time. Likely next time will be far less favorable for them if they do not take the proper preventative measures now. Just based on the loss of profits which is going to affect multinational organizations, they will send people to Ecuador and start treating it as their military command so the next time the government does not play nice, the state will be crushed and forced to negotiate. Heed these words because the embarrassment of looking weak and defeated and losing massive profits is not something leadership anywhere is going to take lightly.

[@albertpaez6595]

Time to unleash the kraken. Bukele ,, please go save Ecuador!

[@Tewthpaste]

*this will happen in the U.S.A soon.*

[@ShidaiTaino]

Very very unlikely

[@maxgamingyt3175]

this is going to hapen in the netherlands in the next 10 years

[@martycallmer9865]

our current president opened the door just and just let them walk in

[@joerogain5025]

How much for a gram of cocaine in Ecuador? How much for a ton of cocaine in Ecuador? Asking for a friend.

[@sdaiwepm]

Ecuador is turning into El Salvador. That's alarming.

[@shannonballspen1s482]

El Salvador is peaceful.

[@benchoflemons398]

Yes, the police in the military have already been granted amnesty for their actions. It will be like El Salvador.

[@outlawevangelist]

Ecuador will never become like El Salvador was. In Ecuador it is not just gangs vying for territory. In El Salvador it was gangs going unchecked and getting bloodier because they thought nobody would so anything about it. El Salvador has narcos there and they understand how to run business without having some country invite the DEA to throw parties in their territory. The reason these gangs likely stopped their offensive for the most part is that big guys in Peru and further up North told them to wind it down or they would be the next targets. Those gangs don't care about the cops. They want to kill all the cops. You seem them shoot cops right in the head. It is because not only gangs control Ecuador that things will wind down and get more peaceful as long as the cops don't go overboard with their comments and actions. A few dead disrespectful cops is nothing because these guys are macho just as much as they like to make money. Guaranteed Peru and up north got tired of their shenanigans because it sucks to have to store money and drugs and then get jacked by the cops doing runs which is exactly what was happening while these gangs were wreaking havok in Ecuador.

[@pwrmoses]

Escobar all over again

[@KarenMcKenna-br7wn]

Lack of self-control, self hate, cowardice to protest own government. Short term goals, selfishness, no work ethic, lack of belief in self and others individual rights. Groupthink is what caused their demise

[@ElGatoBlackMetal]

Wow, what well researched and insightful commentary. KZbin comments never fail to provide the most intelligent discussions that’s for sure.

[@spriestchump1531]

"cowardice to protest own government" that shows how little you know about Ecuador

[@detectivebubblegum9777]

Self hate!

[@outlawevangelist]

I beg to differ. These criminal orgs in Ecuador have no "Groupthink" abilities because they are not a united front.

[@garymcfadden2797]

I have been traveling to 🇪🇨 twice a year since 2019. At least for now no más 😢

[@outlawevangelist]

Just don't chill in the South. You will be fine in the tourist areas this season. Relax.

[@HiiBbvg]

" We will continue doing our work with more strength and more compromises...." - A freudian slip. Maybe that's why Ecuador is in this situation in the first place. Lol

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

All of this happened because of what Ronald Reagan did in the 80s.

[@santiagomueckay8852]

Gu-ah-ya-kil not Ga-ya-kuil

[@Immipodcast]

The Germans became like guard dogs in the hands of the Americans since 1945 😂

[@reed510]

2024 is starting off mighty fine 😅

[@notapplicable4567]

They are just a show of force dont expect anything to happen.

[@marks6406]

Political corruption .....

[@ernst91]

They need China's help just like Bukele.

[@miguelorlando1166]

Try that in El Salvador!

[@onyotstv]

Learn from our once a president of our country how he manage drug in our country.. rodrigo duterte

[@MarksmanSpecialist]

chile is probably next

[@jamesmitch9792]

the cartel provides jobs and welfare to many citizens, clearly more valuable what does the gov even do for citizens?

[@FireCrauter]

Drugs and crime businesses do not progress to a country. Make businessmen scare away and leave. And civilians with decent jobs are the injured

[@MrMarcosema]

No, they abuse the poor and get rid of them when they don't need them any longer, this is the time to teach those that made a bad choice what they got into

[@GeneralphObeda]

Too much human rights this is will happen

[@Rafale11]

Yap, they will take advantage of it like in Philippines

[@billcarson818]

Why do cartels flourish mainly in poorer countries? Its not about human rights. But the less hope people have to have a life in dignity and not extreme poverty, the more they will be drawn to a criminal path. And of course the damand for drugs. As long as there is a huge demand and people who are willing to pay good money for drugs, there will be someone who will be willing to provide it. And as long as drugs are illegal, it will be the cartels who provide it.

[@blink182bfsftw]

Wtf does that even mean lmao

[@cornelius6616]

@@blink182bfsftwhe’s evil and doesn’t want people to have free will

[@GeneralphObeda]

@@blink182bfsftw its hard for to comprehend

[@stevebeimler2579]

USA/CIA and the Cartels are one and the same !!!

[@mcp4y2k]

legalize and the cartels are out of biz

[@outlawevangelist]

They will never go out of business. They change with the landscape. If trees become legal, they sell flowers. If flowers become legal and make more money, they open up flower shops.

[@remixsparten98]

They'll just monopolize through force.

[@GrantCarter-ey3pc]

Give Hot 🔥 Lead

[@adrianbilly5158]

A sad day to the law. May God be upon you, if there is no human cant fix the situation you can go to God. Everyday is a pressure, i hope United State take a part for this situation. Sometime United State like a snake, they move both way for the Cartel and for the Ecuador Goverment. Friend or foe, we dont know. But help that mother and children want to live a piece life. Just help them, bring that piece.