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Conflict Americas

Ecuadorian Internal Conflict

2024 CE – 2026 CE · 2 years

Ecuador declared an internal armed conflict in January 2024 amid prison violence and gang attacks. Police rescued hostages at a television station.

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ecuadorian Government & Military
  • Los Choneros, Los Lobos & other gangs

Key moments

Defining events in the Ecuadorian Internal Conflict.

  1. Jan 2024 Prison sieges & hostage crisis
  2. 2024 Operación Fénix
  3. 2025 Guayaquil & Esmeraldas offensives

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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