Shooting in a nightclub Ecuador Eight people died on Sunday and three other injured injured in the last violent events to go to the spiralization of the South American country, the authorities said.
The filming was made in the rural area of Santa Lucía in the coastal province of Guayas, being one of the most dangerous in the country. Seven victims between the ages of 20 and 40, they died in the club and an eighth in a hospital, according to a police statement.
The authorities said the armed suspects arrived in motorcycles and two vehicles.
He was not immediately known what the shooting prompted the shooting, the gun that attacked El Oro near the province on the southwestern coast of the country. Four people died in this event, and others are missing after launching explosives on the boat.
Dozens of people have died in recent months, most of the four provinces in Ecuador: El Oro, Guayas, Manabí and Los Ríos. All remain in an emergency situation.
The authorities have accused the wave of violence among organized crimes associated with the drug posters that have expanded their operations, especially in the Pacific region, where drugs are sent to Central America, the United States and Europe.
Last month, At least nine people died While playing in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the prosecution of the country said.
In the first five months in 2025, Ecuador recorded 4,051 homicides, according to officials. This year more than 4,600 people have died this year in the country of 18 million inhabitants. Last year, almost 7,000 murder were reported, more than 8,000 in 2023, a record number.
The authorities say that drugs are dramatic rise in violence, Ecuador named the state of emergency In April, in seven of its 24 provinces, including the capital of Quito. The order lasted 60 days.
