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The electoral justice of Ecuador firmly rejects the regional candidacy of Luisa González

The five magistrates of the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE) of Ecuador have decided, by absolute majority, to dismiss the appeal presented against the refusal to register the opposition presidential candidate Luisa González as a candidate of the indigenous movement Pachakutik for the regional elections set for November 29.The resolution, adopted...

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Ecuador imposes a curfew in four provinces until the end of the month to curb organized crime

The Government of Ecuador, led by President Daniel Noboa, has decreed a new curfew in four provinces of the country between September 17 and September 30, as part of the authorities' strategy to intensify the offensive against criminal organizations.The limitation on free movement will affect Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, and...

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Brussels urges the 27 to sign the sustainable investment agreement with Ecuador

The European Commission has sent this Friday to the Council, which brings together the governments of the Twenty-Seven, the legal texts of the Agreement on the Facilitation of Sustainable Investments negotiated with Ecuador, in order for the Member States to proceed with its signing and subsequent application. This is the...

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Arrested in Colombia alias Commander 7, linked to the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones

The Colombian president, Abelardo de la Espriella, communicated this Thursday the arrest of alias 'Comandante 7', whom he defined as a "criminal dynamizer" of the organization Los Tiguerones "between Colombia and Ecuador". The arrest took place in a municipality near Bogotá, the capital of the country, with the purpose of...

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Found the ten crew members of the Ecuadorian fishing vessel Don Rufo sunk by the USA in the Pacific.

The Ecuadorian Navy reported this Thursday that it has managed to locate the ten crew members who remained missing from the Ecuadorian vessel "Don Rufo," intercepted and sunk two days earlier by the United States Army, which justified the operation by considering that the ship acted as a "floating replenishment...

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Abdalá Bucaram will appeal the conviction for organized crime: "There is no crime here"

The former president of Ecuador Abdalá Bucaram (1996-1997) announced this Thursday that he will take his case to international instances to challenge the sentence issued against him and his son Jacobo Bucaram. Both were declared guilty by the Ecuadorian Justice as collaborators in an organized crime offense within the so-called...

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More than nine years in prison for the former Ecuadorian president Abdalá Bucaram for organized crime

The Justice of Ecuador has imposed a sentence of nine years and four months in prison on the former president of the country Abdalá Bucaram and his son Jacobo Bucaram, considering them responsible as collaborators in an organized crime offense within the COVID-19 Tests case. "Abdalá B., Jacobo B. and...

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Rubio claims that the US does not seek to kill fishermen in its operations in the Pacific.

The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, reiterated this Wednesday that the Donald Trump Administration does not aim to "kill fishermen," referring to the recent attacks by the U.S. military in Pacific waters against Ecuadorian vessels that Washington has associated with the gang Los Choneros, considered the most powerful criminal...

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USA designates Los Tiguerones as a terrorist organization during a visit to Ecuador

The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced this Wednesday in Ecuador the designation of "Los Tiguerones" as a terrorist organization, as part of his official visit to the Andean country, from where he has also advanced reprisals against seven former senior officials of the Ecuadorian Executive for having...

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The Ecuadorian Justice declares illegal the detention of 28 crew members of ships sunk by the USA

A total of 28 crew members who had been arrested following recent operations by the United States Army against Ecuadorian vessels, supposedly linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros, the largest in the country, have been released. In total, 60 people captured under similar circumstances have been processed: 32 will...

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The Ecuadorian Justice denies the habeas corpus to Abdalá Bucaram and maintains in force his arrest order

A court in Ecuador has dismissed the habeas corpus requested by former president Abdalá Bucaram (1996-1997) and has decided to keep the arrest warrant issued against him active, after he failed to appear for the sixth time at the hearing called for the reading of the sentence for an alleged...

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USA intercepts another floating station linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros in the Pacific

The United States Army reported this Monday the location and interception in the eastern Pacific Ocean of a floating refueling station that, according to its investigations, would be associated with the criminal organization Los Choneros, considered the largest gang in Ecuador and used to support illegal drug trafficking operations in...

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Preventive prison ordered for the mayor of Santo Domingo for alleged illicit enrichment

A court has ordered preventive detention for the prefect of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Johana Núñez, who is under investigation for an alleged crime of illicit enrichment. Núñez won the last provincial elections with the support of the opposition movement Revolución Ciudadana.The detention measure was adopted in a hearing...

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US military personnel again board a vessel off the coast of Ecuador

U.S. Armed Forces personnel intercepted this Saturday a new vessel allegedly linked to drug trafficking in international waters near the coast of Ecuador. With this case, there are now four ships boarded by U.S. military in this same area in the last nine days.The ship, identified as 'María Candelaria', was...

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A court orders the arrest of former president Bucaram, admitted to a clinic, after being absent from a key hearing.

A court in Ecuador has issued an arrest warrant against former president Abdalá Bucaram (1996-1997), currently admitted to a medical center after undergoing surgery, after the former president missed the hearing called for the reading of the sentence for an alleged crime of organized crime for the sixth time. In...

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United States frustrates another support ship linked to Los Choneros in the eastern Pacific

The United States Army announced this Thursday a new operation in the eastern Pacific, where its forces intercepted a vessel identified as a fuel supply point and linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros, considered the largest criminal organization in Ecuador. This action comes just one day after Washington reported...

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The United States intercepts in the Pacific a support ship linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros

The United States Army reported this Wednesday the location and interception in the eastern Pacific of a vessel used as a fuel supply point and linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros, considered the largest criminal organization in Ecuador.According to the military force in a statement released on social media,...

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The CNE of Ecuador maintains the veto against the opposition member Luisa González for the regional elections

The National Electoral Council of Ecuador (CNE) has decided to maintain the resolution of the Provincial Electoral Board of Manabí that rejected Luisa González's candidacy as governor of this province in the local and regional elections scheduled for November 29.The full CNE supported the measure with three favorable votes and...

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Five years in prison for former Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno for bribery in the Sinohydro case.

The National Court of Justice (CNJ) of Ecuador has imposed a five-year prison sentence on former president Lenín Moreno (2017-2021), after he was declared guilty last Friday of a crime of bribery linked to the payments made by the Chinese construction company Sinohydro to secure the award of the Coca...

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Noboa confirms the deportation from the US of former minister José Serrano for the crime of Fernando Villavicencio

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, announced this Saturday that the United States has proceeded with the deportation of the former Minister of the Interior and former president of the National Assembly, José Serrano. Upon his arrival in Ecuador, the former high-ranking official will be transferred to prison in the...

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The Justice of Ecuador finds Lenín Moreno guilty of bribery in the Sinohydro case.

The Justice of Ecuador has found former president Lenín Moreno (2017-2021) guilty of a crime of bribery, having established that he received bribes in exchange for favoring the Chinese state company Sinohydro in the construction of the largest hydroelectric plant in the country.The National Court of Justice (CNJ) concludes that...

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Expansion | Colombia, Ecuador, and the USA strengthen their anti-drug alliance on the Pacific border

The authorities of Colombia, Ecuador, and the United States met this Thursday in the Pacific strip shared by the two South American countries to strengthen their collaboration in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime, in a meeting focused on improving operational coordination in this Colombian-Ecuadorian border area.Specifically, the...

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Ecuador coordinates with Colombia and the USA joint operations against groups linked to drug trafficking

The Ecuadorian Executive has announced that, in coordination with Colombia and the United States, it is organizing to carry out military actions against armed groups related to drug trafficking in the border strip with Colombia, after already establishing contacts with the new authorities in Bogotá.The Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, Gian...

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A network of 43 members of Los Choneros and Los Lobos falls in Ecuador in a macro police operation.

The National Police of Ecuador reported this Wednesday the detention of 43 alleged members of the criminal organizations Los Lobos, linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) of Mexico, and Los Choneros, in a series of simultaneous operations in which around 858,000 euros, several firearms, and a small plane...

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The left opposition in Ecuador denounces maneuvers to exclude rivals of Noboa

A block formed by four leftist forces in Ecuador, grouped in the alliance Alianza Ciudadana, has publicly accused that mechanisms are being used to remove candidates who oppose the president, Daniel Noboa, from the electoral contest.In an appearance before the media, representatives of different formations warned of a serious democratic...

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Ecuador

The electoral justice of Ecuador firmly rejects the regional candidacy of Luisa González

Ecuador imposes a curfew in four provinces until the end of the month to curb organized crime

Brussels urges the 27 to sign the sustainable investment agreement with Ecuador

Arrested in Colombia alias Commander 7, linked to the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones

Found the ten crew members of the Ecuadorian fishing vessel Don Rufo sunk by the USA in the Pacific.

Abdalá Bucaram will appeal the conviction for organized crime: "There is no crime here"

More than nine years in prison for the former Ecuadorian president Abdalá Bucaram for organized crime

Rubio claims that the US does not seek to kill fishermen in its operations in the Pacific.

USA designates Los Tiguerones as a terrorist organization during a visit to Ecuador

The Ecuadorian Justice declares illegal the detention of 28 crew members of ships sunk by the USA

The Ecuadorian Justice denies the habeas corpus to Abdalá Bucaram and maintains in force his arrest order

USA intercepts another floating station linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros in the Pacific

Preventive prison ordered for the mayor of Santo Domingo for alleged illicit enrichment

US military personnel again board a vessel off the coast of Ecuador

A court orders the arrest of former president Bucaram, admitted to a clinic, after being absent from a key hearing.

United States frustrates another support ship linked to Los Choneros in the eastern Pacific

The United States intercepts in the Pacific a support ship linked to the criminal gang Los Choneros

The CNE of Ecuador maintains the veto against the opposition member Luisa González for the regional elections

Five years in prison for former Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno for bribery in the Sinohydro case.

Noboa confirms the deportation from the US of former minister José Serrano for the crime of Fernando Villavicencio

The Justice of Ecuador finds Lenín Moreno guilty of bribery in the Sinohydro case.

Expansion | Colombia, Ecuador, and the USA strengthen their anti-drug alliance on the Pacific border

Ecuador coordinates with Colombia and the USA joint operations against groups linked to drug trafficking

A network of 43 members of Los Choneros and Los Lobos falls in Ecuador in a macro police operation.

The left opposition in Ecuador denounces maneuvers to exclude rivals of Noboa

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