Ecuador

Six dead, eight wounded in Ecuador gang shooting

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, June 20, 2023 (AFP) -- Six people were killed and eight wounded Monday in an apparent gang shootout…

More than 500 people evacuated after Ecuador floods

ESMERALDAS, Ecuador, June 5, 2023 (AFP) -- More than 500 people were evacuated from their homes in northern Ecuador on…

Facing impeachment, Ecuador’s president dissolves congress

By Paola LOPEZ, Santiago PIEDRA SILVA Agence France-Presse QUITO, May 17, 2023 (AFP) - Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso issued a…

Attackers slay five in new spate of violence in Ecuador

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- Armed attackers on Thursday killed three women guards outside a jail in southwestern Ecuador, while in…

Ecuador authorities arrest three after gang shooting: president

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuadoran authorities arrested three people in connection to a gang-related shooting that left nine dead in…

Race against time to save dozens missing after Ecuador mudslide

ALAUSÍ, Ecuador (AFP) -- Rescuers raced against time in southern Ecuador Tuesday to find survivors of a weekend landslide that…

Seven dead, more than 60 missing in Ecuador landslide

ALAUSI, Ecuador (AFP) -- Rescuers searched Monday for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months…

Three Ecuador TV stations receive letter bombs, one explodes

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Letter bombs addressed to journalists were sent to three TV stations in violence-plagued Ecuador Monday, one…

At least 12 killed as strong quake jolts Ecuador and Peru

Guayaquil, Ecuador | AFP | At least 12 people were killed, one was wounded and buildings were damaged in a…

Ecuador reports human infected with bird flu

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - Ecuador reported on Tuesday its first case of a human being infected with bird flu, weeks after…

Gunmen kill head of Ecuador prison where deadly riots broke out

by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA Agence France-Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- The warden of an Ecuadoran prison where deadly riots broke…

Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia is to deploy 400 soldiers to fight drug traffickers operating across its rural southern borders,…

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