Seventeen senior armed attacks were killed in Ecuador

A 12 -year -old boy was among 17 people who were killed while gunmen were fired in a bar in Ecuador, the most recent mass shooting in a country that was violent.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office said that 14 others were injured in the attack on Sunday evening in La Clinica Bar in El Imbali.

Police pioneer Oscar Valencia said that the gunmen traveled in two small cars and “opened fire on everyone” with “pistols and rifles”, before they were launched on another group as they escaped from the scene.

He said that the child who was killed was more than a kilometer before he collapsed and dies from fireworks.

The photos from the scene published in the local media showed several bodies on the street covered with white panels.

Investigators said they found at least 40 pieces of ballistic evidence at the scene.

Valencia said that the witnesses informed that the men shouted “active wolves” – a possible signal to a local gang that competed for controlling the methods of drug smuggling.

Gwyas was on the widespread violent lines among drug dealers.

A week ago, Nine people were killed while playing In a pub in the Playas Tourist Resort, also in the Guayas region itself like the latest shooting. The police said that those who were killed in the previous accident were “victims of guarantees”, not the intended targets.

President Daniel Noboa announced the war on organized crime last year. Since then, the nation has become one of the most violent nation in the region, with the killing rate of 38 per 100,000 people in 2024.

In the first five months of 2025, Ecuador recorded 4,051 murders, according to official figures.

According to official sources, nearly three quarters of cocaine production in the world passes through Ecuador.