Ecuador: Daniel Noboa’s Crackdown at a Crossroads
Progress on crime and the economy is still limited as concerns over rights abuses and democratic erosion mount.
GUAYAQUIL—At a private shooting range on the edge of Ecuador’s largest city, helicopters touched down, and government officials climbed out of black SUVs. Former Noboa government Cabinet minister José de la Gasca, in tan tactical gear, took aim at a bullseye and fired. Behind the firing line, beside a bar whose sign read We don't call 911, we use COLT, a champion sport shooter told me his bulletproof-vest company was thriving. The same afternoon, 20 minutes away, families gathered for lunch in a backyard beneath a different sign: ¿Dónde Están They had come from across the country...
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