MEDIUMacled · L2 · armed_conflict2025-04-07
[Ecuador] Battles: Armed clash
Country
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On 7 April 2025, in San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (Esmeraldas), police forces exchanged gunfire with unidentified armed individual on motorbikes during a police chase in the Zona Franca neighborhood. One suspect was shot and injured and he had participated in a drive-by killing earlier (coded separately). There were no fatalities.
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Occurred
- 2025-04-07
- Country
- Ecuador
- Event type
- armed_conflict
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