In 2023, Ecuador surpassed Venezuela as the Latin American country with the highest murder rate. Renato Rivera, a crime observatory coordinator, reported this shift. In 2022, Ecuador’s murder rate reached 25.7 per 100,000 people. This number was the nation’s highest on record. The increase focused mainly in Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, and Los Ríos. By September, Ecuador’s […]