Police says that the shooting at the Ecuador nightclub kills 8 with heavy crimes.

Shooting at a nightclub Ecuador The authorities said that on Sunday, eight people were killed and three others were injured in the last violent incident to strike the escalating country of South America.

The shooting in the rural area of Santa Lotta was established in the coastal province of Gwias, which is considered one of the most dangerous country. Seven of the victims, between the ages of 20 and 40, died in the club and the eighth in the hospital, according to the police statement.

The authorities said that the armed suspects reached motorcycles and in two cars.

It was not immediately known what to shoot, which came two days after the militants attacked a boat near the province of El ORO along the southwestern coast of the country. Four people were killed in this incident and many others are still missing after the suspects fired explosives on the boat.

Dozens of people have been killed in recent months, most of them in four coastal provinces in Ecuador: EL ORO, Guayas, Manabí and Los Ríos. They all remain under the state of emergency.

The authorities blamed the wave of violence on conflicts between the organized crime groups related to across drug gangs that expanded their operations, especially in the Pacific region, where drugs are shipped to Central America, the United States and Europe.

Last month, At least nine people were killed The country’s public prosecutor’s office said that while playing in a tourist city in southwest Ecuador.

In the first five months of 2025, Ecuador recorded 4,051 murders, according to officials. More than 4,600 people have been killed so far this year in the country with a population of about 18 million. Last year, nearly 7,000 killings were reported, a decrease from more than 8,000 in 2023, a record number.

To combat what the authorities say is a significant increase in drug -related violence, Ecuador declared a state of emergency In April in seven provinces 24, including the capital Kito. It lasted 60 days.