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Story summary
- Ecuadorian families abandon homes as gang fighting surges across the country.
- Los Tiguerones factions killed 22 people in Guayaquil’s Nueva Prosperina district last year.
- A 66-year-old grandmother left her 20-year home after bullets struck rooftops, fearing her daughter and grandson.
- UN Refugee Agency and Ecuador’s Ombudsman report over 300,000 people displaced in three years.
- Advocates claim the actual displacement figure could exceed official estimates.
