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Ecuador: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 58 eventsP of organized violence in Ecuador in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 167P. The low estimate is 160 and the high estimate is 174P. UCDP counts 9P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 8 events.

The count for January 2025 was 57 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is up 2 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Ecuador, January 2026 has the 3rd highest count of events. Ecuador holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 2 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

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, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
El Oro province410
Esmeraldas province45
Guayas province3459
Imbabura province12
Los Ríos province34
Manabí province1084
Pichincha province23

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Ecuador, January 2026. The map shows 58 events with 167 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Ecuador has each event.

Table 2. Ecuador, January 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 58 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Jan 2026Manabí provinceActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state655872

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Ecuador: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP50P149P
Latin Kings1P5P
Los Chone Killers1P5P
Los Choneros7P13P
Los Lobos7P13P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Ecuador: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict56P97%
One-sided violence against civilians2P3%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

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.

Ecuador: all figures

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ConflictStats. Ecuador: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ecuador/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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