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National Police Commander Cesar Zapata confirmed Sunday afternoon that the leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang may have escaped from the Guayaquil Regional Prison. José Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was not in his cell when police entered the prison to transfer him and two other convicts to another facility. According to Attorney General Diana...
Colombia and Ecuador broke up a criminal organization responsible for sending up to five tons of cocaine per month to the U.S. and Europe and captured the Colombian brothers in charge, the two countries said on Sunday. Colombian police said the Los Curva criminal organization generated more than $2 billion a year in profits from...
By Chris Wilson Though Ecuador may not be the first country that springs to mind when planning a trip to South America, it is a fascinating place that offers an inspiring range of destinations. A remarkably biodiverse country, it is home to two of the world’s most captivating natural sites in the Galapagos Islands and...
Although Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric generation plants are operating at near-normal capacity due to recent rains, more electric blackouts may be required as maintenance work will reduce power in the coming weeks. “Under normal circumstances, the return to full power at the Rio Paute facilities would mean that the blackouts are over,” says former deputy energy...
Viernes, 5/1/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Agenda cultural – 6/1, 10:00 – Workshop, Escultura orgánica (Organic sculpture) – Museo de la Conceptas. 8/1, 14:00 – Training, Repujado artistico (Artistic embossing) – Quinta Bolívar. 10/1, 18:30 – Screening, Anatomy of a fall – “La Guarida.” 12/1, 20:00 – Concierto, Sinfónica de Cuenca – Teatro Pumapungo....
An estimated 130,000 people in hundreds of communities in Ecuador will benefit from 22 projects of traditional vernacular architecture beneficiaries of the incentives launched by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (INPC), that have been inaugurated. Launched in 2022, the initiative made available a non-refundable economic stimulus of half a million dollars for two categories:...
President Daniel Noboa defended the 11 questions he plans to submit to voters in a referendum, saying his “number one priority” is protecting the citizens of Ecuador from crime. His comments in a radio interview and a press conference on Thursday followed criticism of some of the questions, particularly the one that would reestablish gambling...
By Garnett Stewart Many of you know I live with Ecuadorian medical students. I have some critical insider news. In the U.S. all medical students are college graduates. Many have master’s and PhDs before admission. The MCAT, the medical college admissions test, is a difficult exam, and the results, résumé, list of courses completed and...
By Carolina Mella President Daniel Noboa made a campaign promise to purchase prison ships to house the leaders of the gangs that operate in the country’s penitentiaries 80 miles off Ecuador’s Pacific coast. Delivering on that promise, he now says that he has seen three barges that could reach Ecuador within seven or eight months....
By Grace Livingstone Senators passed the legislation which — if approved by the lower house of congress — will allow criminals over the age of 65 to be released from prison into house arrest. Organisations representing victims of the dictatorship describe the bill as “a big step backwards”. Patricia López of the Association of Mothers...
President Daniel Noboa’s 11 referendum questions, made public Wednesday, follow through on campaign promises to strengthen the role of law enforcement in fighting organized crime and to keep convicted criminals in prison. If approved by voters, the questions will allow the armed forces to back up police without emergency declarations, prevent the prosecution of police...
The Catholic archdiocese of Cuenca is denouncing a judge who released a man who attacked two priests and has threatened to kill others. At a press conference, Archbishop Marcos Pérez questioned how the unnamed judge could allow an “attempted murderer” to walk free. “The man delivered a message to the church that read ‘I came...
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