Ecuadorians to vote in anti-crime poll

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 22, 2024 12:03 am

QUITO: Ecuadorians vote in a referendum Sunday on proposed tougher measures to fight gang-related crime as the country copes with an alarming rise in violence that has seen two mayors killed this week.

The once-peaceful South American country has struggled with a terrorizing wave of violence blamed on gangs with links to transnational cartels using its ports to ship drugs to the United States and Europe.

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