The Ecuadorian presidential candidate who was killed in an armed attack following a rally in the country’s capital had received at least three death threats in the leadup to the fatal shooting, his campaign manager has revealed. Patricio Zuquilanda told The Associated
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been killed in an armed attack at a campaign rally in the capital, according to the country’s president Guillermo Lasso and local media reports. Lasso confirmed the killing of Villavicencio on social media Wednesday. “Outraged and
Ecuador on Tuesday announced a state of emergency in all of its prisons after a series of violent incidents including shootings and explosions occurred in one of its most dangerous prisons. The measure — the second state of emergency that President Guillermo
Residents of Ecuador’s largest city are walling themselves into their neighborhoods to protect against criminals who are running rampant in the city, according to a report. “It’s regrettable we have to close ourselves off and the criminals are outside, but there was
A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador astonished her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake, and the incident has prompted a government investigation into the hospital. Relatives left the coffin behind and rushed retired
A Colorado mother of three living on a farm in Ecuador with her husband and children was shot and killed last month during a violent home invasion, reports said Wednesday. Francesca Williams, 44, was hanging laundry at her farm in the village
Police successfully deactivated a vest-like explosive device Thursday that an unknown number of people allegedly had taped to the chest of a security guard at a jewelry store in Ecuador’s main port city. The guard was uninjured. Authorities would question him to
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Authorities in Ecuador are investigating small explosives sent to journalists at several media outlets, one of which detonated but did not injure anyone, and they said Tuesday they have a suspect. The suspect is not being identified so as not to hinder
A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with