Drug trafficking in Ecuador has unleashed a wave of violence in the streets of the province of Guayas, where, according to data from the authorities, the largest number of gangs and criminal cells operate.
The population expresses its fear of the increase in crime and asks that the institutions be more firm with organized crime.
Ana María Cañizares tells us from Guayaquil how she lives day to day under the state of exception decreed by the Government more than 10 days ago.