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Seven killed in Ecuador during cockfighting attack amid drug gang war

Seven people were killed during an armed attack on Sunday in Samborondón, a coastal province plagued by a relentless...
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Ecuador judge rules suspect is person of interest over storming of TV station

A judge in Ecuador on Wednesday authorized the inclusion of an alleged gang leader as a person of interest...
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Ecuador top court recognizes right to euthanasia

Ecuador's Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved a request from a terminally ill patient to decriminalize euthanasia and ordered the...
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Ecuador lawmakers vote against raising VAT to finance offensive against crime

Ecuador's National Assembly on Tuesday voted down a proposed increase to the value added tax (VAT), which President Daniel...
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Organized crime prosecutor in Ecuador’s Guayas killed-AG’s office

Ecuadorean prosecutor Cesar Suarez, who focused on pursuing organized trans-national crime in Guayas province, one of the country's most...
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Dozens of prisoners escape Ecuador jail amid continued military operations

Forty-three prisoners remain at large after escaping a prison in northern Ecuador, the SNAI prisons agency said on Monday,...
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Displaced Ecuador Indigenous group to return home after 8 decades

After an 80-year struggle to regain control of their ancestral lands in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, the Indigenous Siekopai people...
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Ecuador battles drug gangs behind surge of violence

Ecuador's president has declared war on drugs gangs holding scores of prison guards hostage in a wave of violence...
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Ecuador president says country is at war with drug gangs

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday his country was "at war" with drug gangs who are holding prison...
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Ecuador TV station hostage recounts ‘surreal’ armed takeover

A Ecuadorean journalist who was held hostage by gunmen during the takeover of a Guayaquil TV station and obliged...
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Gunmen in Ecuador storm TV studio in wave of violence

Gunmen with explosives stormed a TV station on-air in Ecuador on Tuesday during a wave of violence around the...
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EXPLAINER-What is happening in Ecuador?

A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted on Tuesday by balaclava-clad gunmen, the most dramatic recent...
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Ecuador roiled by on-air take-over of TV studio by gunmen, other violence

Ecuador faced a string of violent incidents on Tuesday, including the on-air invasion of a TV station by gunmen,...
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