Ecuador removes, investigates security officials after killings of suspects in candidate assassination
Reuters Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso announced on Saturday the removal of two officials, the prisons director and the head of the police investigations unit, following the killing of seven inmates accused in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The announcement came after six inmates were killed at the Litoral Penitentiary on Friday and another […]
Assassinated Ecuador candidate Villavicencio mourned by family, public
Quito, EcuadorReuters Assassinated Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was honoured on Friday at a funeral mass and public memorial in Quito, as a legislative candidate reported an armed attack during which she was lightly injured. Villavicencio, a former lawmaker and crusading anti-corruption journalist, was gunned down as he left a campaign event on Wednesday evening, […]
Ecuador presidential candidate assassinated, suspect dead – authorities
Quito, EcuadorReuters Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organised crime, was killed on Wednesday evening during a campaign event in northern Quito, authorities said. Local media reported Villavicencio had been shot, but Ecuador’s police and Interior Ministry did not respond to repeated requests for comment about the details of the […]
Ecuador declares state of emergency amid violent clashes
Quito, EcuadorReuters Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of emergency and night curfews in three coastal provinces, amid a wave of violence over the weekend in the Andean country that left at least eight people dead. Lasso declared the state of emergency in the provinces of Manabi and Los Rios and in […]
Demonstrators in Ecuador protest woman’s killing, demand payment to pension system
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Demonstrators took to the streets in Ecuador on Wednesday to protest the death of a woman the government says was killed by her police officer husband, while union workers demanded the government pay what it owes the state social security system, threatening to escalate protests if there was no agreement. Ecuadorians gathered […]