Ecuador

Casualties

In November 2022, there were no recorded incidents of explosive weapon use in Ecuador which resulted in civilian casualties. Two armed-actor casualties were recorded, both of whom were killed.

On 1 November 2022, two police officers were killed in an IED attack in Guayaquil, Guayas.

Sources: BBC, WION, Reuters

Casualties

In August 2022, there was one recorded incident of explosive weapon use in Ecuador which resulted in 22 civilian casualties, five of whom were killed and 17 injured. There were no recorded armed-actor casualties in Ecuador in August. 

On 14 August 2022, five civilians were killed and 17 injured in an IED explosion in Guayaquil's Cristo del Consuelo neighborhood. The government of Ecuador suggested the attacks were linked to drug-trafficking organisations.

Source: Reuters, EFE, BBC

Casualties

In September 2021, Ecuador suffered 197 civilian casualties attributed to the use of explosive weapons, specifically grenades and IEDs, and firearms and improvised weapons in a riot that took place in a prison in Guayaqil, Guayas. Of these casualties, 118 were killed and 79 injured

Sources: Reuters, Guardian