Poor young Ecuadoreans are choosing to join criminal gangs as an easy way to escape poverty due to a lack of opportunity, according to a UN Special Rapporteur, who urged the country to increase social investment to combat violence.
since the coronavirus pandemic, something outgoing President Guillermo Lasso blames on disputes related to drug trafficking and common crime.
"Poverty afflicts particularly the young adults in this country, and many in fact choose either to join the gangs or to migrate to the U.S.," he said in an interview on Thursday. "Many people propose a law and order response to the rise in insecurity levels, reference was made to Bukele's achievements in El Salvador," De Schutter said, referring to measures enacted by the Central American country's President Nayib Bukele.
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