Ecuador inmates free 57 guards and police
QUITO — Inmates in six Ecuadoran prisons have released the 50 guards and seven police officers who had been taken ...
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Ecuador inmates holding 57 guards, police hostage: minister
Prisoners at a penitentiary in the Ecuadoran city of Cuenca are holding hostage 50 guards and seven police officers, Interior ...
Read moreEcuador mayor survives assassination attempt
The mayor of an Ecuadoran city said Saturday he was the victim of an attempted assassination, a day before the ...
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In a first, Ecuador to vote on oil drilling in the Amazon
To some, Ecuador's jungle is a home and a valuable tool in fighting climate change, to others, it is a ...
Read moreHow Ecuador became one of the most violent countries in Latin America
Only a few years ago, Ecuador was an island of peace wedged between Colombia and Peru, the world's largest cocaine ...
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Ecuador under state of emergency after presidential candidate killed
VIOLENT HOTBED. A handout picture released Friday by the Ecuadorian Policeshows six Colombian men arrested in connection with the assassination ...
Read moreEight dead in more suspected gang violence in Ecuador
Eight people died Sunday in Ecuador in the third suspected gang-related shooting this month, police said. Another five people were ...
Read moreSix dead, eight wounded in Ecuador gang shooting
Six people were killed and eight wounded Monday in an apparent gang shootout in Guayaquil, a port city in Ecuador ...
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Ecuador woman dead, then alive, then dead again
QUITO, Ecuador—An elderly Ecuadoran woman who woke up inside a coffin at her own wake -- sparking a viral video, ...
Read moreGunmen kill five in Ecuador city hit by drug violence
Quito, Ecuador - Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight Sunday in a home in the Ecuadoran city of ...
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