Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Terrorism in Ecuador

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit

Terrorism in Ecuador includes attacks carried out by domestic organizations as well as foreign Colombian groups operating within Ecuador's borders. A number of terror organizations have been inactive for several years.

Contents

Terror groups

Domestic terrorist groups present in Ecuador, although some have been operationally inactive in the last few years, include the Popular Combatants Group (PCG), the Revolutionary Militia of the People, the Marxist-Leninist Party of Ecuador, and the Alfarista Liberation Army.

Foreign groups include the Colombian groups Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN).

2009

A television station was bombed by the Guerrilla Army of the People N-15.

2010

  • November 22, 2010 – an undetonated bomb was discovered at the office of the rector at the University of Guayaquil. The Popular Combatants Group (PCG), which had been dormant for several years, claimed responsibility for the bomb.

    • 2011

  • November 17, 2011 – an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Ministry of Labor building in Quito.
  • November 22, 2011 – three pamphlet bombs, using explosives under a large number of pamphlets in order to physically disseminate them, exploded in Guayaquil. The Guerrilla Army of the People N-15 and the Revolutionary Insurgent Armed Forces of Ecuador claimed responsibility for the first two bombs. No group claimed responsibility for the third.
  • December 19, 2011 – three separate pamphlet bombs exploded in Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca. No group claimed responsibility.

    • References

    Terrorism in Ecuador Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA