Three men on a motorcycle arrived in the area of Isla Trinitaria, in the south of Guayaquil. "So far, we count five dead and eight wounded," police Colonel Fabary Montalvo says.
Ecuador is experiencing the worst escalation of violence in its recent history. Drug-related crime led to a near doubling of the homicide rate between 2021 and 2022, from 14 to 25 per 100,000 population, authorities say. at least six people died and as many were injured after gunmen opened fire at a restaurant in the tourist town of Montañita.