Killing of journalist underscores deteriorating conditions in Ecuador

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• The Guardian
  Killing of journalist underscores deteriorating conditions in Ecuador

  <p>Tomás Beltrán was shot dead amid gang warfare that has turned Latin American country into one of its most violent</p><p>Tomás Beltrán was manoeuvring his car into his garage on Sunday night when the Ecuadorian journalist was shot dead.</p><p>Beltrán ran a <a href="https://web.facebook.com/simparnet">Facebook page</a> with news about Calceta, a small city in the province of Manabí, whose Pacific coastline has made it a key flashpoint in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/20/forced-disappearances-torture-ecuador-war-on-drugs-us-troops">gang warfare</a> over drug trafficking routes that has transformed one of Latin America’s safest countries into <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/jan/18/cocaine-gangs-ecuador-10-days-of-terror-podcast">one of its most violent</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/11/ecuador-journalist-killing">Continue reading...</a>

  Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:00:52 GMT

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