Homicide Rate in Ecuador Continues Downward Trend in 2016

The homicide rate went from 6.44 to 5.69 per 100,000 inhabitants in the country

April 21, 2017

ecuadorenvivo.com/machine translated – Homicides were reduced from 6.44 to 5.69 per 100,000 inhabitants between 2015 and 2016, from 1,048 to 941 cases, the Interior Ministry reported today.

The portfolio indicated that the effectiveness in resolving violent deaths is 60.50%, in cases of disappearance by 93%, in kidnappings by 95% and extortions by 91%.

The data were offered by Colonel Víctor Araus, head of the National Directorate of Crimes Against Life, Violent Deaths, Disappearances, Extortion and Kidnappings (Dinased) of the Police during an act of accountability of that department.

The Disappeared Unit in 2016 received 5,269 complaints, of which 4,818 were resolved, demonstrating an effectiveness of 93%.

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The majority of cases of violent deaths, missing persons, kidnappings are resolved in the first hours of the crime, showing immediacy and effectiveness, the ministry said in a statement.

At that time, the agents carried out five “Zero Impunity” operatives in which they captured people with tickets for crimes against life and executed three operatives ‘Renacer’, which allowed the dismantling of 38 bands dedicated to kidnapping and extortion.

A total of 657 people were arrested for various crimes, 118 weapons were seized and 13 million dollars were waived in cases of kidnapping and extortion, of which 467 were settled with the result of 348 people detained. (Quito, EFE). Read Article