Análisis jurídico sobre la evolución del delito de usura en la Legislación Ecuatoriana

The objective of the research is to carry out a legal analysis on the evolution of the crime of usury in Ecuadorian legislation in order to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of current regulations on crimes that affect property. From the methodological field it was developed under the analytical-synthetic approach and at a descriptive-documentary level from a bibliographic design; analyzing the information collected through the content analysis technique, grouping theoretical aspects on the subject of usury in the law of Ecuador. It is concluded that usury represents a criminal type that threatens the economic and financial capacity of the victims by causing a decrease in their capital as a consequence of stipulating an interest greater than that provided by law, attacking the financial system to the detriment of politics monetary policy, undermining the principle of fair trade.