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The gunmen concealed their weapons behind flowers and stuffed toys while waiting for the victim outside Guayaquil airport.
June 18, 2026Is US crime at a historic low?
BBC Verify assesses claims by the Trump administration that crime and murder in the US are at their lowest levels for 125 years.
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Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle
The BBC's Orla Guerin goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappling with a huge surge in drug crime. Drugs have been pouring into Ecuador from neighbouring Colombia and Peru - the two bigge
Suspected gang leader shot dead in flower bouquet ambush at airport
An Ecuadorean man, who police accuse of leading a faction of one of the country's most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he was leaving the airport in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil. Se
Fact check: Trump makes false claim about murder rate
February 7, 2017 / 6:45 PM EST / CBS News President Donald Trump promulgated the falsehood that the murder rate in the United States is at the highest it has been in 47 years during a mee