As criminal networks spread in Latin America, Quito is new battleground

Japan Today29 October 2026, 21:40 UTCUnited States of America

For years, the neighborhood watch group in the working-class area of Solanda in Ecuadorean capital Quito had patrolled their nighttime streets armed with little more than whistles and sticks, on…

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