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Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 903 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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What to know about Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign

Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign President Daniel Noboa has taken a hardline stance against local criminal networks, including by collaborating on military operations with the US.

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What happened

Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign President Daniel Noboa has taken a hardline stance against local criminal networks, including by collaborating on military operations with the US.

Why it matters

Ecuador has touted “concrete results” in its fight against organised crime, as the country joins forces with the United States to conduct an anti-cartel military offensive.

Common ground

On Wednesday, the government of President Daniel Noboa announced that intentional homicides in March had decreased by 28 percent, compared to the same month last year.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Colombian President Gustavo Petro alleged bombs landed near civilian farms along the Ecuador-Colombia border, and The New York Times reported Ecuadorian soldiers bombed a dairy farm near the border”
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Claim 2: “President Daniel Noboa has adopted 'mano dura' security policies similar to those of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and former US President Donald Trump”
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Claim 3: “Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign”
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Wikipedia entries mention an armed conflict in 2024 and a date (March 12), but no specific homicide statistics or 28% decrease in March 2025 are cited. No corroborating sources found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 9 January 2024, an armed conflict broke out in Ecuador involving the country's government against several organized crime groups, most notably the Los Choneros cartel. Reports of armed attacks thro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian_conflict_(2024–pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_12
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Claim 4: “President Daniel Noboa and US President Donald Trump launched a joint military operation in Ecuador on March 3, 2025, targeting 'designated terrorist organisations'”
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Claim 5: “On Wednesday, the government of President Daniel Noboa announced that intentional homicides in March had decreased by 28 percent, compared to the same month last year”
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Claim 6: “President Daniel Noboa imposed a two-week-long curfew on four Ecuadorian provinces starting March 15, 2025”
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Claim 7: “Ecuador has touted 'concrete results' in its fight against organised crime, as the country joins forces with the United States to conduct an anti-cartel military offensive”
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Wikipedia entries on Ecuador-U.S. relations and currency do not mention a joint anti-cartel military offensive. No corroborating evidence found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article provides a historical summary of the currency used in Ecuador. The present currency of Ecuador is the United States dollar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_of_Ecuador
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ecuador and the United States maintained close ties based on mutual interests in maintaining democratic institutions; combating cannabis and cocaine; building trade, investment, and financial ties; co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador–United_States_relation…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Ecuador. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_Uni…
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Claim 8: “Interior Minister John Reimberg added that 4,300 people had been arrested nationwide as part of the recent crime crackdown, and 2,200 search warrants had been executed”
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Claim 9: “Last year, as he embarked on his first full term as president, the country saw a more than 30-percent leap in homicides, with 9,216 cases recorded in 2025, compared to 7,063 in 2024”
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Claim 10: “President Daniel Noboa has taken a hardline stance against local criminal networks, including by collaborating on military operations with the US”
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Wikipedia references Daniel Noboa's biography and the Shield of the Americas coalition, but no direct evidence of U.S.-Ecuador military collaboration against criminal networks is provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Ecuador on 9 February 2025 for the presidency, the National Assembly, the 21 provincial assemblies, and Ecuador's representatives to the Andean Parliament. Voter turnout…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ecuadorian_general_electi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín ( noh-BOH-ə; [daˈnjel noˈβo.a]; born 30 November 1987) is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023. Hav…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Noboa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Shield of the Americas is a multinational military coalition established by U.S. President Donald Trump during a summit with leaders from countries across the Western Hemisphere. The program is in…
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Claim 11: “Previously, Noboa had served an abbreviated 18-month term after he was elected to replace outgoing President Guillermo Lasso, who dissolved his own government in 2023”
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Claim 12: “The country’s reputation as an 'island of peace' in South America has largely been overshadowed by the spiralling homicide rate, which is now among the highest in the region”
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