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Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons

Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons

Update: 2025-11-11
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Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has designated more than a dozen Latin American criminal groups as terrorist organizations. And various countries around the region have followed suit.

In this episode, we head to Ecuador for a look at one of those groups. Even before Trump’s election, the Ecuadorian government had declared the country was in an internal conflict with narcoterrorist groups. This story dives deep into the evolution of the group that started it all, the Choneros, and tells the tale of how the roots of Ecuador’s security crisis can be traced to one criminal visionary. 

Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons | Written and read by James Bargent.

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Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons

Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons

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