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On 9 August 2023, eleven days before the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated after leaving a campaign rally in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. One assailant was killed during the attack. Several bystanders, including security personnel and a legislative candidate, were injured. [11]
6 March: Seven people were killed and three injured after an attack by hit men in the Las Malvinas sector of southern Guayaquil. [53] 11 March: During a police operation in Quevedo, four members Los Choneros were arrested, including one of its leaders. [54] 24 March: A massacre occurred at the Eclipse nightclub in Esmeraldas. The incident left ...
A group of gendarmes who were on the street began throwing grenades, causing an explosion that ended up knocking down the wall of the house on top of two policemen. [1] Hermosa's mother died during the confrontation, shot 11 times, while Hermosa himself was captured 15 minutes later without receiving a scratch, while trying to escape through ...
STORY: The attacks overnight and early on Tuesday morning, which included nine explosions, were an open declaration of war by gangs, Lasso said in a video address. Seven prison officers were also ...
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean police said on Thursday that the leader of a major gang from the South American country, who is implicated in the January murder of a prosecutor, among other crimes ...
Ecuadorian police and people gather at the scene where Ecuador's youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia was found shot dead in a car, according to the police, near San Vicente, Ecuador, in this handout ...
On 29 March, eleven people were abducted in Manabí Province. Five of them were later found killed execution-style while the remaining six, including five children, were released. Two suspects were released the next day. Police said the victims may have been tourists caught up in a drug dispute. [59]
María Daniela Icaza Resabala (ca. 1988/1989-September 12, 2024) was an Ecuadorian prison official who was the acting director of the Litoral Penitentiary (Spanish: Penitenciaría del Litoral), known officially as Center for Social Rehabilitation of Men No. 1 of Guayaquil (Spanish: Centro de Rehabilitación Social de Varones N. 1 de Guayaquil), the largest prison in Ecuador.