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This Is How Criminal Gangs Recruit Minors in Guayaquil: They Look for Leaders and Singers

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The keys to the Bandas case are looking for teenagers with leadership to strengthen their criminal structures.603 minors under the age of 15 were murdered in Ecuador between 2014 and 2025.Young people tell how criminal recruitment operates in neighborhoods of Guayaquil. Criminal gangs stopped looking for adults only. Young people from northwest Guayaquil tell how armed groups identify adolescents with leadership and attract them with money, powe…
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The keys to the Bandas case are looking for teenagers with leadership to strengthen their criminal structures.603 minors under the age of 15 were murdered in Ecuador between 2014 and 2025.Young people tell how criminal recruitment operates in neighborhoods of Guayaquil. Criminal gangs stopped looking for adults only. Young people from northwest Guayaquil tell how armed groups identify adolescents with leadership and attract them with money, powe…

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website broke the news on Sunday, August 2, 2026.
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