Criminal networks are expanding in Quito, with gangs establishing footholds in the capital, Lufkin Daily News reports.
The surge in gang activity follows broader trends across Latin America, making Quito a new battleground in the region's fight against organized crime, according to Yahoo News and Internazionale.
Ecuador's struggle against criminality is intensifying as urban areas like Quito become central to this growing security challenge, per Lufkin Daily News.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: Urban security threat.
Here it turns on states: Criminal networks, gangs and Latin America.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Criminal networks, gangs, Latin America.