Mexico has suspended diplomatic relations with Ecuador after the South American country’s police stormed its embassy in Quito to arrest Ecuador’s former vice president, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said. The development comes after Mexico granted political asylum on Friday to former Vice President Jorge David Glas Espinel, …
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The hostage crisis at a TV station in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, has ended with all assailants detained and captives rescued, national police chief Cesar Augusto Zapata Correa announced on Tuesday evening. Masked gunmen invaded the headquarters of TC Television earlier that day, interrupting a live broadcast and taking journalists …
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An Argentine footballer has gone viral on social media after scoring directly from a corner kick in a South American continental cup competition on Thursday night. Damian Diaz was playing for Barcelona Guayaquil at home in Ecuador’s second-largest city, as they hosted Montevideo Wanderers from the Uruguayan capital in a Copa Sudamericana …
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The riot broke out on Friday night in the Litoral Penitentiary – a large prison near the town of Guayaquil. The prison is known to be housing inmate from the infamous Los Choneros gang that allegedly has links to Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel. The violent clashes were sparked by a …
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Violence broke out on Tuesday at the Penitenciaria del Litoral prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. By Wednesday, at least 30 people were reported dead and 52 injured, Bolivar Garzon, director of Ecuador’s prison system, told local media outside the facility. Prisoners armed with guns, grenades, and melee weapons murdered each other …
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Ecuador has revoked Julian Assange’s citizenship, citing alleged inconsistencies with his naturalization documents. A lawyer for the imprisoned publisher claims the decision was made without due process. The WikiLeaks co-founder was informed that his citizenship had been nullified in a letter issued by Ecuador’s justice system, following a complaint issued …
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The deadly unrest broke out virtually simultaneously at three large prisons in different parts of the county. Ecuador’s prison service, SNAI, initially reported a death toll of 62, but more rioting happened later in the day, and the number of reported deaths rose to 75. According to the service’s director, …
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In Ecuador believe that the protests in the country involved in Russia. As stated by the head of the interior Ministry Maria Paula Roma, for anti-government statements on social networks could be used Russian IP addresses, writes the Peruvian newspaper El Comercio. According to the Minister, the main allegations against …
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The state-owned company Belorusneft increases oil production in Ecuador. It happened after the Belarusians drilled 4 new wells. On this portal neft.by said the head of the foreign economic activities of “Belorusneft” Andrew Bohan. In 2013, Ecuador had established a subsidiary “Belorusneft”, JSC “Service oil Ecuador S. A. Aquaservis”. From …
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Victims of the bus crash were 24 people, 19 people were injured. The accident with the bus in Ecuador at least 24 people were killed and 19 were injured. “The bus was in Colombia, heading to Quito. Then crashed into a small vehicle in an area known as the “deadly …
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