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Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV station shot and killed
César Suárez killed in brazen daylight attack in Guayaquil as country shaken by dramatic recent surge...
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Cocaine, gangs and murder: Ecuador’s 10 days of terror - podcast
Just a few years ago it was one of the most peaceful countries in Latin America....
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Scores of hostages released from gang-controlled prisons, Ecuador government claims
Presidency makes announcement nearly a week after wave of violence hit South American countryScores of hostages...
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‘We are at war’: Ecuador’s president vows to crack down on gangs behind week of violence
After criminals storm TV station and take prison guards hostage, Daniel Noboa pledges to stop his...
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‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos
As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has...
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Ecuador’s biggest city ‘a desert’ as state tries to restore order after gang violence
Guayaquil eerily quiet as armed forces patrol in wake of stunning wave of arson, bombings and...
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Ecuador ‘at war’ with drug gangs, says president as violence continues
Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across countryEcuador’s...
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Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed
President declares state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gang leader escapes from jail and gunmen invade...
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Wednesday briefing: Why masked gang members stormed an Ecuadorian TV station
Ecuador’s president has declared a state of “internal armed conflict”. How did the country find itself...
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Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared
Gangsters unleashed wave of terror following move by President Daniel Noboa in response to gang leader’s...
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Ecuador declares emergency as drug-gang kingpin vanishes from prison
Huge manhunt under way after Adolfo Macías of Los Choneros disappears from cell and guards taken...
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Kidnapped former British honorary consul rescued in Ecuador
Police say Colin Armstrong safe and well after being kidnapped with his partner on SaturdayA British...
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Ecuador: British businessman and former consul Colin Armstrong kidnapped from home
The 78-year-old was driven away in his own BMW alongside his Colombian partner, according to a...
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Lead contamination in applesauce possibly ‘economically motivated’, says FDA
Food and Drug Administration is investigating facility in Ecuador and working with authorities to inspect cinnamon...