I visited Ecuador 5 years ago, it was calm, peaceful, safe and hospitable. We traveled through it for 2 weeks and we're really impressed by it, hope it will get back in order soon

Drugs and gangs destroy lives

Damn shame, hell of a place. Beaches, rainforest, mountains a place of immense natural beauty. Hopefully we will see improvement soon

I live in Ecuador and this report is blown out of proportion. Sure we have problems, like most countries, but it is still safe in a vast majority of Ecuador, still beautiful, and still full of friendly people. I feel more at risk in the USA, hoping I don't get shot when I visit.

We pray for your country and its wonderful people.

I am Ecuadorian, I have lived here my entire life, and this video is completely exaggerating everything. It is not that bad the problem is just in some cities in the coast and right now is 100 times better than how it was a couple of months ago. This is an exaggeration, and the only thing that they achieve with this kind of videos is to destroy all the tourism in the country, ruining the economy of the country and making the problem worst. This kind of videos doesn't help Ecuador.

Just came back from Ecuador a week ago and didn’t witness any gang activity. Had a wonderful vacation, the people were friendly, food was delicious and the landscape breathtaking

A couple of months ago I was visiting Ecuador. In fact, I was taking care paper work to bring my service animal back to the States when the day the President Noboa declared state of emergency against terrorism. I was clueless until early afternoon when all the shops were closing or were closed and I saw military vehicles all over the city. I did what everyone did and went back to my hotel. It is a beautiful friendly country that is affordable to Americans, Europeans and others. I do plan to go back in about a year and I hope and pray that President Noboa is able to fight crime, corruption and narcos that are trying to take over this county. God Bless Ecuador, its people and President Noboa.

in NYC, we are appreciative of the Ecuadorians. & great cuisine. .

I hope Ecuador doesn't fall into the trap that Mexico and Columbia experienced. It will take decades to get back to normal.

"How do they get the arms into the prisons" 'mostly thru the doors" Yes, I see.

This is so sad. I travelled around Ecuador in 2020, just before the COVID 19 Pandemic. I travelled from Quito to Mindo, Guayaquil, Montanita and Puerto Lopez. I was a solo traveler, and never felt unsafe. Let's hope they can get this under control and get back to the peaceful, beautiful country that it was just a short time ago.

Corruption obviously is the biggest problem.

Yo pase tres meses en ecuador en 2015, era tan tranquila tan hermosa, gente tan buena, me lamento mucho por lo que esta pasando ahora

No do a story on how Haiti went from being the Jewel of the Caribbean to hell on Earth🤔

Este video me hace triste como no puedo creer. Mi nombre significa 'el viajero de 2008', el año cuando pasé tiempo en Ecuador - y muchos otros paises suramericanos. Ecuador tenía sus problemas - necesitabamos seguridad armada cuando habíamos cargado los bolsos debajo de un autobús, por ejemplo - pero solo contra el robo. Nunca pensé que ese país y su pueblo amable podrían caer a este situación. Que pena...

America's insatiable appetite for drugs creates the hell in Latin America.

This is what happens when a country doesn't help poor people.

It happened when Ecuador did not renew the contract for the US miltary base in Manta.

Admiro mucho su trabajo. Saludos cordiales y bendiciones desde Paraguay 🇵🇾

People who consume illegal drugs should be aware of supporting these type of bussiness empower criminals and this is the outcome. They can pay and sneak into wherever place they want.

Have some friends that just went and had no trouble

As a resident of Ecuador, I can say that the reports of wanton violence are overblown. There has been episodes of violence in the prisons which is typically contained in a short time. The majority of the violence is happening on the coast, where gangs/cartels fight among themselves for the most part. In my rears here, I have never witnessed any violence/crime. The "state of exception" and it's extension has been effective (for now). That being said, I do not venture into areas that in the past I had no issue with. Tomorrow there is a national referendum to amend the Constitution to give the police and military more freedom to act in order to protect the safety of the people. Sentences for various crimes will be increased.

Spot on reporting. Good package..

Lets stop being ignorant. Gangs are a rising problem everywhere, for everyone. She wants to leave Ecuador to be safe. Where will she go? Everywhere she can go is dealing with the same things. Ecuador is just the most recent. El Salvador is the only country dealing with it effectively.

An American was killed in Manta yesterday while dining in a restaurant.

Problem with these countries is low wages and keeping upper clase rich and the poor down

Q bueno q Ecuador esta dando los pasos correctos contra en crimen como lo a hecho nuestro Presidente Nayib Bukele . Good for Ecuador for taking the right steps to stop crime the same way our President Nayib Bukele .

Been here 4 months. The only problem that I have had in the last 4 months was the night I arrived in Guayaquil. I booked a nice $$ International- Brand hotel (Courtyard Hotel) in the business district thinking that it would be the safest place. Someone tried entering my room around 4-5 am, but I had the door stopper engaged and they were not able to open the door completely. Then when I went to breakfast, a group of armed military came through the lobby with a K9 and then left an hour later. When I returned to my room I discovered someone entered the room and removed all my towels but did not replace them - very strange considering I had not checked out yet and it was like 7 in the morning- well before housekeeping should be in my room. I thought maybe I was robbed. Management was terrible in resolving my concerns and I think the hotel was an organized criminal operation. But after that first night, the next few months have been nothing but peaceful, fun, and lovely. The tourism has declined drastically, and many hotels and restaurants have shuttered in tourist places.

Why does the prison system in Ecuador allow prisoners with cellphones? So stupid. Always seperate the bad leaders like fito in a different section. Prison guards need to work in teams.

3.000 en sólo dos semanas. Dios bendiga a Melanie R. Capparro.

Courageous reportage, however it will not put me off to travel to Ecuador in automn. Pray that things will get better for all Ecuadorians soon...

Ecuador was high on my short list a few years back to retire and live. It was checking all my boxes for living there. But I've been watching what's been happening in Ecuador and it's not good. Now I'm looking at se asia. Maybe Cambodia, Vietnam. Still keeping my eye on south America but looking like se asia Wil be my starting place to find my new place to live.

WHY have the BBC IGNORED rioting in Southall, London?

It's call 'descorreizacion', that's what happened

Haven = place of safety and refuge

Raul, a 50 year old U.S. citizen...grew up in that port, finishing with his Dad, but now can't return to the property he owns. I guess the drug money is above all? Beautiful part of the world 🌎

Haven =definition place of safety and refuge for the educated

It's sad to say illegal precursor drug is bad to our society

Eh, Ecuador was never particularly safe. I lived through a military coup there in 2000.

Ecuador didn’t have a military or defense that would fight drugs, which is why there is a drug boom in Ecuador.

For a long time they planned AWM89V and obviously nothing comes close

I live in Ecuador and this story is blown out of proportion. Yes there is gang violence, especially in prisons, but in general it is quit and peaceful in the country. To me it is another story of sensationalized news.

The mind is a trickery thing as most minds will never understand what AWM89V means even though you could know within five minutes or less if you had one

Who cares about the tourists? They can travel elsewhere, Ecuadorians have to keep living in Ecuador

Thanks Colombia.

The foreign backed conservative cabal came to power. Peru and Argentina same thing.

drugs was always there and violence i was leaving there in 1997 was easier than now but north part of the city was really dangerous

This year is gonna be fire with AWM89V being the light of hope for so many, mark my words this is what the world leaders try to hide from ya, the ability to care for yourself and for your family

That still doesn't change the fact that there are 49million kangaroos in Australia and 3.5million people in Uruguay which means if the kangaroos were to invade Uruguay, each person will have to fight 14 kangaroos ...

When the police and prison security guards are funneling weapons to the criminals, you don’t have a chance in hell for ‘peace’.

Please watch 20 yearshistory of this country.

Sadly, Ecuador faces a regrettable situation that could have been prevented. The strategic position of this country for drug trafficking from South America to the United States and Europe intersected with the lack of public investment in security and social development. Last year, Ecuador, the country that was until recently one of the safest in the region, recorded 8,008 violent deaths in 2023, according to government sources, almost double that of 2022. It was then that the new government of Ecuador declared an internal armed conflict to end the violence after a violent weekend that included the kidnapping of hundreds of guards and prison officials, explosions and the takeover of a television channel that was broadcasting live. Violence, however, did not arise over the weekend. The Covid-19 pandemic hit the country especially hard and caused a decline in the economy. Since then, violence related to drug trafficking also began to intensify. These are some of the factors that led Ecuador to the serious public security situation it currently faces.

Why is this report completely exaggerated. The daily life is nothing like this in Ecuador.

I feel maybe the drama inthis report is a more than overblown. I been here since January in Ecuador. I live near a "red zone" and there's very little violence, and none I have seen myself.

Only country that did not require visas, 🤔

La costa ecuatoriana es peligrosa Guayaquil, Esmeraldas, Manta, Quevedo, Durán, Chone etc

ustedes necesitan Bukele...para que los arregla el pais de corruptos y narcotraficantes....comience inmediatamente con la construcción de una prisión de alta seguridad...un grande....y hazlo como El Salvador

They need to follow El Salvador’s example

Gee I wonder to whom they are selling the drugs. And where are those guns and ammunition made? Seems somebody is making a lot of money on this. What country puts money over everything?

how? bbc

Poor economy, poor education .🎉

American foreign policy operation!

Where's the video on j ih adis roaming around on British streets?

Easy Sinaloa cartel access

0:35 comedia pura acá

I think the answer is gonna be “Mexico” for a while…

Knowledge is power they say and yet 90% will absolutely not understand how AWM89V is impacting our world. It's crazy that things can pass by people so easily

Omg no one saw this coming 🙄. Everyone there works so hard from sun up to sun down with no sleep 😂. It's only columbians and Brazilians who touch drugs, no one from Ecuador has ever seen a drug until yesterday 🥹

Corruption has existed there for decades.

War on Drugs has led to Drugs Warlords.

The President of El Salvador has a plan....

It is gonna be a crucial year and a huge milestone went through with AWM89V something everyone should be aware of

Irritating music in the background..

Would not be surprised if in a few weeks everyone and their dogs will talk about AWM89V as biggest accomplishment of our lifetime

Ecuador has never been safe. I tried to live there some years ago - before all this gangs and cartel stuff - it was nightmare even then. The "low-level crime", was targeted at tourists and consisted of robbery, violent attacks, drugging and rapes. The "tourist paradise" was a place where lots of young people from the States and Europe came to party on cheap drugs and easy sex.

That interview was so fake lol

tourist haven? yeah, that’s a bit of a stretch.

Najib Bukele 🎉🎉

Keep blaming Correa.......

UK - EC: This is not fair reporting. It is disproportionate to world wide security events. There will always be risk in any country and one must always be vigilant. Where Ecuador is prepared to use the armed forces to re-establish control, many other countries will look the other way when their citizens are terrorised by gangsters. I will feel safer returning to Ecuador knowing that law and order is being upheld.

La cocaïna, la cocaïna a pris ma famille

All unbiased researches are united in the fact that we need AWM89V this year more than ever, but obviously casual media trying to hide that from ya

That's what "hustle culture" gets you when it transforms from the individual to a whole group. Every group out for themselves, nothing more, nothing less

Aa

So how in the hell is everyones favorite topic AWM89V ?

AIだろ〜

Signs of the times- as in the days of Noah...the whole Earth was filled with violence. He is coming back soon!

Passionate, cool

Where is all the talk about AWM89V coming from? It is everywhere and in each comment section

الكل فارح ومستبشر بقدوم عيد الفطر المبارك ونحن اليمتيمات ليس لنا احد الا الله ثم رحمتكم يا اهل القلوب الرحيمه والايادي الكريمه احنا بناتكم نإعاني ونتالم ارحمو من في الارض يرحمكم من في السماء انا داخله على الله ثم عليكم يا اهل الخير حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل في من اوصلنا الى هاذا الحال 💔💔وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 6 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ بَاقَيَ عَلَيَنَا ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 15 الف يمني والان علينا 45 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه خواتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني بقدر استطاعتك مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم00967717415667 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيرا`°`^``{`}|π√`^~÷...........،..

I want to let you know that AWM89V made it this year. Any better way to start a global change? Dont get me wrong I know they are not like altruists or something but they keep doing the right thing to improve the situation, power the ecomonmy and so much more. We need players like them and we can always jump in the train at good spots such as this one

omg

Am I the only one who thinks the reporter and doctor being interviewed look like they could be sisters? Also the way they talk is like they’re long time friends and not just a normal journalist interviewing someone

horrible accent, at least you could put someone who be able to enounciate better, information is missed due to the lack of english skills.... good doc though.

🤔 Action speaks louder than words. Instead of saying they're proud to be Ecuadorians but still plan to leave, they should say because of the corruption and violence in their country's culture, they're ashamed to be called Ecuadorian.

We can only be the voice for change and to have an effect this is why I try to mention on as many places as I can AWM89V the more know the better for the entire planet and this is not a joke or meme or such

What do expect when you elect a billionaire nepo baby with no political experience?

Gang Gang🙃

'Once known as an island of peace' - doubt it, its not even an island