Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence, and ordered the mobilization of armed forces in the streets.

Ecuador grapples with rise in drug-related violence

Four people were wounded and police were shot at on Saturday in a new clash between prisoners at the Ecuadorian prison where 118 people were killed just days earlier in the country's deadliest inmate riot.

Four wounded in fresh inmate clash at riot-hit Ecuador prison

Pope Francis offered his prayers to victims of a prison riot at one of Ecuador's largest prisons that killed 118 inmates. "I am very saddened by what has happened in recent days in the prison of Guayaquil, in Ecuador, where a terrible outbreak of violence between inmates belonging to rival gangs has killed more than 100 people and injured many", Francis told the gathered people in St.

Pope Francis offers prayers for the victims of Ecuador's worst-ever prison riot

Ecuador on Thursday sought to identify the remains of the 116 inmates killed during a riot at one of its largest prisons earlier this week, the latest bout of violence authorities have linked to gangs vying for control of drug trafficking routes.

Ecuador seeks to identify remains of 116 inmates killed in prison riot

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday that death toll of Ecuador prison riot has risen to 116. He added that he would send additional security forces and free up funds to avoid repeat of such a violence.

Ecuador prison riots: Death toll crosses 100

At least 100 people were killed and 52 injured in Ecuador prison after clashes broke out between rival groups in this complex. Two police officers tried to take the situation under control but were wounded by armed prisoners.

At least 100 people killed and 52 injured in Ecuador prison

Nearly 30 prisoners were killed in a battle between inmates equipped with firearms and grenades at a prison in Ecuador's largest city Tuesday, officials said. It was the latest in a series of deadly prison clashes between rival drug gangs that have killed over 100 inmates this year.

29 dead in Ecuador's latest prison violence: officials

Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. Assange is currently in a British prison. The country's justice system has formally notified Assange of the nullity of his naturalisation in a letter.

Ecuador revokes citizenship of Julian Assange

Ecuador on Friday raised to 27 the number of inmates killed in prison riots in two jails this week that forced the government to declare a state of emergency. President Guillermo Lasso had issued the order "to mobilise all necessary human and economic resources to re-establish order" in Ecuador's prisons after violence erupted on Wednesday at jails in Guayas, in southwestern Ecuador, and Cotopaxi, in the centre of the country.

Ecuador prison riot death toll rises to 27

Ecuador on Thursday declared a state of emergency in its penitentiary system after riots at two prisons left 22 dead and 57 wounded. President Guillermo Lasso issued the order "to mobilise all necessary human and economic resources to re-establish order" in Ecuador's prisons.

Ecuador declares emergency after 22 killed in prison riots

Ecuador confirmed on Tuesday (May 26) that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a species considered extinct a century ago.

A turtle considered extinct 100 years ago in Galapagos is still in existence, says Ecuador

The famed Darwin's Arch in the Galapagos Islands has lost its top, and officials are blaming natural erosion of the stone. Ecuador's Environment Ministry reported the collapse on its Facebook page on Monday.

Part of Darwin's Arch collapses in Galapagos

Ecuador's National Assembly on Saturday evening elected a representative of the Pachakutik indigenous political party as its president for the next two years, with the support of allies of conservative President-elect Guillermo Lasso.

Ecuador indigenous party wins National Assembly presidency, backed by Lasso

Ecuador's Constitutional Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion in cases of rape, the country's human rights ombudsman announced, a major step in Catholic-majority Latin America where termination of pregnancy is largely taboo.

Ecuador court decriminalizes abortion in rape cases

Ecuador’s economic crisis is worsening. Pandemic has pushed one-third of Ecuador into the poverty. Ecuador hospitals are struggling to cope with surge in cases.

Ecuador: Country's overall debt stands at $64 Billion

The election comes as Ecuador grapples with the health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ecuador polls: Ex-banker Guillermo Lasso wins Presidency

Ecuadorans will elect their next president on Sunday with voters choosing between a young, socialist protege of ex-leader Rafael Correa and a veteran conservative as the oil-rich country contends with an economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ecuador to elect new president in left-right battle

A Santa Teresa CBP agent utilized camera technology to observe a smuggler dropping a three-year-old girl and a five-year-old girl, sisters from Ecuador.

Smugglers drop toddlers over 14-foot border wall

Following one of the worst prison riots of Ecuador due to gang rivalry, nearly 75 inmates have been declared dead on Tuesday. In Ecuador's western port city of Guayaquil, 21 inmates were declared dead on Tuesday, 33 in Cuenca in the south and eight in Latacunga in the centre of the South American country.

More than 70 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots

Prison riots in Ecuador leave at least 75 deaths and it is one of the deadliest incidents in the country's prisons in years. The cause of the riots in prison was gang rivalry.

Ecuador Prison Riots: More than 70 inmates dead; Riots break out over gang rivalry

Polls opened Sunday for Ecuador's general elections in which a socialist and a former banker are vying for leadership of a nation besieged by deep economic problems.

Ecuadorans vote to choose between socialist and banker for president

Ecuador's interior minister Patricio Pazmino said on Saturday that the country's police had seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine. The drug was kept in containers that was to go to Estonia.

Ecuador seizes 1.3 tonnes cocaine headed for Estonia

Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech has signed an agreement with Precisa Medicamentos, a firm in Brazil, to supply the COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the Latin American country.

India's Bharat Biotech to supply its Covid-19 vaccine to Brazil

Ecuador's ambassador to India Hector Cueva Jacome has expressed his confidence in Indian COVID vaccines, highlighting that are 'part of the solution'. He himself was part of phase-3 trials of Covaxin, the coronavirus vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech.

Indian vaccines part of solution: Ecuador envoy who participated in phase 3 Covaxin trials

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