Noboa drastically reduces homicides in Ecuador, although the criminal challenge continues. Kidnappings and extortions have grown in the state of emergency that the president decreed.
In all of 2023, 138 kidnappings were recorded, and only between January and March 2024 there were already 38. Due to the increase in kidnappings, stories are being produced like those of Francisco, who with his face covered, with his shirt and his hands tied, realized that he was not alone in the small dilapidated room.