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Ecuador: events and estimated deaths in October 2025

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UCDP recorded 4 events of organized violence in Ecuador in October 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 5. The low estimate is 4 and the high estimate is 7. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2025 was 15 events.

The count for October 2024 was 30 events. The change from October 2024 to October 2025 is down 87 percent. Among the 26 months with a report for Ecuador, October 2025 has the 26th highest count of events. Ecuador holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in October 2025. In October 2024, the share was 1 percent.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Ecuador, October 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
El Oro province14
Guayas province31
Figure 1. Events in Ecuador, October 2025. The map shows 4 events with 5 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Ecuador has each event.

Table 2. Ecuador, October 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
3 Oct 2025Cantón Durán, Guayas provinceLos Chone Killers; Latin KingsNon-state001
3 Oct 2025Cantón Durán, Guayas provinceLos Chone Killers; Latin KingsNon-state001
3 Oct 2025Cantón Durán, Guayas provinceLos Chone Killers; Latin KingsNon-state101
12 Oct 2025Cantón Santa Rosa, El Oro provinceLos Lobos; Los SaoboxNon-state444

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Ecuador: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Latin Kings31
Los Chone Killers31
Los Lobos14
Los Saobox14

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 4. Ecuador: events by type of violence, October 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict4100%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Ecuador, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202649P69PCandidate Events
August 202643P85PCandidate Events
July 202633P40PCandidate Events
June 202624P27PCandidate Events
May 202628P33PCandidate Events
April 202643P89PCandidate Events
March 202663P101PCandidate Events
February 202630P67PCandidate Events
January 202658P167PCandidate Events
December 2025836GED
November 2025644GED
October 202545GED
September 20251552GED
August 20252039GED
July 20252163GED
June 2025157GED
May 20254436GED
April 20252038GED
March 20251936GED
February 20252334GED
January 20255749GED
December 20245988GED
November 20245658GED
October 20243041GED
September 20241613GED
August 20242130GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Ecuador: events and estimated deaths in October 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/ecuador/month/2025-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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