エクアドル民間人暴力：攻撃

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On March 31, 2025, unidentified gunmen on motorbikes conducted a drive-by shooting in Portoviejo, Ecuador's Manabí province, killing one adolescent and injuring another person. The incident appears to be part of ongoing security deterioration in Ecuador amid organized crime violence.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event. However, if confirmed as part of broader criminal violence patterns in Manabí province, this could contribute to security concerns affecting Ecuador's agricultural export sector and Pacific coast logistics operations, though specific infrastructure impacts remain unclear without additional reporting.

Watch points

• Monitor for additional violence reports in Manabí province that could indicate escalating gang warfare affecting regional economic activity
• Track whether security incidents spread to major agricultural or port areas along Ecuador's coast that handle commodity exports