Killing of journalist underscores deteriorating conditions in Ecuador

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Ecuadorian journalist Tomás Beltrán was shot dead outside his home in Calceta, Manabí, amid escalating gang violence. The article links the deteriorating security situation to criminal groups competing over drug-trafficking routes along the Pacific coast.

Tomás Beltrán was shot dead amid gang warfare that has turned Latin American country into one of its most violent Tomás Beltrán was manoeuvring his car into his garage on Sunday night when the Ecuadorian journalist was shot dead. Beltrán ran a Facebook page with news about Calceta, a small city in the province of Manabí, whose Pacific coastline has made it a key flashpoint in the gang warfare over drug trafficking routes that has transformed one of Latin America’s safest countries into one of its most violent. Continue reading...