Judge shot dead in Ecuador while heading to gym without her bodyguards

A police source told AFP on Tuesday that the judge had received threats and was killed in retaliation for the release of gang members. At least 16 judges or prosecutors have been killed in Ecuador since 2022, according to Human Rights Watch. Last October, a gunman on a motorbike killed a judge in Ecuador while he was walking his children to school. Around 70 percent of the drugs produced by Colombia and Peru, the world's largest and second-largest cocaine producers, respectively, are shipped through Ecuador. President Daniel Noboa, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies on the continent, has prioritized...