Tag: Violence in Ecuador
Ecuador: A Weekend of Violence Claims 27 Lives
The violent events were not limited to this massacre. The day before, a 19-year-old boy identified as Josué Ullaguari was killed while dining at a cevichería in El Guabo. Two men on a motorcycle broke into the establishment and shot him. Related: Riot in Ecuadorian Prison Leaves 15 Dead The weekend of November 29 to […]
December 2, 2024
Ecuador: Release of Hostages From Prisons
The government of the President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, assured around 22:00 local time this Saturday (03:00 GMT on Sunday) that all the hostages in the prisons were released after five days of the declaration of armed internal conflict. RELATED: Six Prisoners Escape From Ecuador’s Biggest Jail In the prisons they had at least 178 […]
January 14, 2024
Six Prisoners Escape From Ecuador’s Biggest Jail
On Friday night at least six prisoners escaped from the Coastal Penitentiary, the largest and most populated in Ecuador, in the midst of a prison crisis where riots are registered in six other prisons with more than 150 officials taken hostage. RELATED: Internal Armed Conflict in Ecuador, Violence Continues According to police reports, the escape […]