Violence-battered Ecuadorans vote on anti-crime measures

Quito (AFP) April 21, 2024

Ecuadorans vote in a referendum Sunday on proposed tougher measures to fight gang-related crime as the country grapples with a shocking rise in violence that has seen two mayors killed just this week. The once-peaceful South American country has recently found itself in the grips of a terrorizing wave of violence blamed on gangs with links to transnational cartels using its ports to ship dru