Four inmates died and more than 30 others were injured Sunday when a riot broke out at a prison in Ecuador, corrections officials in the South American country said. The riot stemmed from the “reorganization of inmates” to a new maximum-security prison that will soon begin operating in a different province, according to a statement … Read more
A 12-year-old boy was among 17 people killed as gunmen fired into a bar in Ecuador, the latest mass shooting in a country ravaged by drug violence. Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said 14 others were injured in the attack on Sunday night at La Clínica bar in El Empalme. Police Major Oscar Valencia said the … Read more
The South American nation has reeled under a substantial increase in violent crime over the last several years. Gunmen in Ecuador have killed at least 17 people, including a child, in an attack on a bar, the latest incident to underscore the South American nation’s challenges with rising violent crime. The country’s attorney general said … Read more
AFP via Getty Images A cockfight in Ecuador. File photo Police in Ecuador say they have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in which 12 people died. Weapons and replica police and army uniforms were seized during police raids in the north-western Manabí province on Friday – … Read more
Article information Author, George Wright Role, BBC News 20 June 2024 Updated 56 minutes ago Ecuador was hit by a nationwide blackout on Wednesday, a senior government minister said, leaving some 18 million people in the dark for several hours. The subway system in the capital, Quito, ground to a halt and traffic lights stopped … Read more
Venezuela has ordered its embassy in Ecuador closed in the wake of a raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito. “I ordered to close our Embassy in Ecuador, as well as the Consulates in Quito and Guayaquil and for diplomatic personnel to return to Venezuela immediately,” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Tuesday in a post … Read more
People & Power investigates the causes of Ecuador’s deepening violence. Ecuador is currently experiencing an unprecedented wave of unrest. The dramatic takeover of a public TV station by masked gunmen and prison riots in January 2024 shocked a country already struggling with historically high crime and murder rates. The violence during the last election campaign, … Read more
How did Ecuador descend into gang violence? | BBC News BBC News Gangs, gunmen and cartels running amok. As terror grips the streets of Ecuador, even the armed forces live in fear CNN Mexican cartels play role in Ecuador violence, TV station storming Courier Journal Opinion | When Chaos Erupted in Ecuador, Disinformation Followed The New York Times Can … Read more
Two suspects are in custody in connection with the assassination of an Ecuadorian prosecutor who was investigating an attack at a television station in Guayaquil, the country’s largest and one of its most dangerous cities. The general commander of Ecuador’s national police force confirmed the arrests in a social media post Thursday, saying they apprehended … Read more