Ecuador soldiers sentenced to 34 years in prison for disappearing children
Sentencing caps yearlong investigation into abuse, disappearance of four children in Guayaquil amid crime crackdown.
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Trump says US will repatriate survivors of ‘submarine’ attack
US leader says suspected drug traffickers to be sent to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.
Explosions hit Ecuador, local criminal gang and ex-FARC dissidents blamed
The bridge explosions occur just hours after a car bomb went off outside a shopping mall in Guayaquil.
From: NewsFeed
Deadly car explosion outside Ecuador mall sparks investigation
A car exploded outside a shopping mall in Ecuador’s largest city Guayaquil, killing at least one person.
Published On 15 Oct 2025
Ecuador’s Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs
The country’s largest Indigenous group, CONAIE, has organised protests against Noboa’s decision to cut a fuel subsidy.
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa unharmed after attack on his car
A minister claimed the attack was an assassination attempt, but protesters said they were targeted with violence, too.
Prison riot in Ecuador kills at least 17 people
This is the second deadly prison riot in Ecuador this week.
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Ecuador prison riot leaves 14 dead, 14 wounded
Ecuador’s prisons see another violent riot, with explosions and shootings in Machala.
From: NewsFeed
Protests turn violent in Ecuador over rising fuel prices
Protests over rising fuel prices in Ecuador turned violent on Tuesday as demonstrations spread across the country.
Published On 17 Sep 2025
‘It’s a war’: Marco Rubio labels Ecuadorian cartels ‘foreign terrorists’
The US diplomat suggested continued action against Latin American gangs while in Ecuador, days after a strike on a boat.
A pyrrhic victory? An Ecuadorian town grapples with a divisive mine closure
Activists in Rio Blanco expelled a mine company from their community. But the move sparked tensions between neighbours.
