00:00Welcome back to From the South. We continue in Ecuador, where the country is facing an internal displacement crisis amid
00:06the escalation of armed violence in several cities of the country, mainly in Guayaquil.
00:11According to human rights organizations, only in the northwest of Guayaquil, nearly 300 families were forced to flee their homes
00:18in March 2025, after criminal gangs took control of their communities.
00:23They also reported that at least 22 people were killed in clashes between criminal factions operating in the area.
00:29The situation in the city, with the largest population, highlights the security crisis that the national government has been unable
00:35to resolve, where military interventions have proven unsuccessful.
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