At least 17 killed after gunmen storm small-town bar in Ecuador | Crime News

The South American nation has reeled under a substantial increase in violent crime over the last several years.

Gunmen in Ecuador have killed at least 17 people, including a child, in an attack on a bar, the latest incident to underscore the South American nation’s challenges with rising violent crime.

The country’s attorney general said on Monday that more than 40 pieces of ballistic evidence were recovered from the bar in the small town of El Empalme, located about 160 kilometres [100…