Factores que inciden en el incremento de homicidios dolosos en Manta, Manabí, en 2023

Abstract

Abstract: This work refers to an analysis of the process challenges faced by the justice system of Ecuador, given the increase in malicious homicides in the Manta canton, province of Manabí, during the year 2023 in organized crime, which affects the Ecuadorian population in the social area, has even contaminated the legal structure of the country. The investigation made use of the qualitative methodology, with emphasis on methods such as bibliographic, analytical and hermeneutical, which allowed to identify gaps in the norms, as well as in institutional errors and obstacles present in the application of the procedural tools against crimes. The most relevant successes highlight the lack of protection towards justice operators and witnesses. the lack of specialized protocols, and the excessive use of preventive detention without sufficient livelihood, which constitute factors that give anterior the effectiveness of the criminal process. This investigation provides a critical vision, which seeks to protect the judicial system from respect for due process, promoting an analysis that showed the need to have more effective normative and practical reforms against organized crime.