Tag: Daniel Noboa

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  International community repudiates Ecuador's attack on Mexican Embassy in Quito

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the governments of many countries in the Americas condemned Ecuador's decision to break into Mexico's Embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum in the diplomatic mission as he faced corruption charges.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

  Mexico to bring Quito Embassy case before the ICJ

  

  After successfully pulling out of Ecuador all 18 members of its diplomatic mission following the breakup after Quito's unlawful actions at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Sunday that a case would be filed before the International Court of Justice in The Hague (The Netherlands) first thing Monday.

• Friday, February 9th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Ecuadorean councilwoman shot dead

  

  Ecuador's so-called “internal armed conflict” added a victim to its list of fatalities late Wednesday when 29-year-old Councilwoman Diana Carnero from the coastal municipality of Naranjal was shot dead in what is believed to be a murder-for-hire case.

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

  Spain expresses its support to Daniel Noboa against violence in Ecuador

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa admitted Wednesday in Madrid that it was very hard for him to leave his country amid the current wave of violence by drug-trafficking gangs but insisted it was necessary “to face the world” at the same time. The South American leader's words came during the opening of the Fitur 2024 tourism fair in the Spanish capital.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Ecuador eases curfew severity as violence gradually subsides

  

  Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa Tuesday decreed a one-hour reduction to the curfew after the number of daily homicides was reported to have fallen from 27 to 11 nationwide in a country under a state of emergency following drug-trafficking gang revolts.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 11:10 UTC

  Curfew extended as Ecuador “winning battle” against organized crime

  

  Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa Monday announced a 30-day extension to the curfew from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am decreed on Jan. 8 when a wave of violence erupted nationwide as notorious prison inmates escaped unleashing riots at several corrections facilities and other attacks by drug-trafficking gangs that resulted in over 2,000 arrests.

• Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Ecuador: 40 arrested for seizing hospital

  

  Ecuadorean authorities arrested 40 gang members this past weekend after they tried to seize the José Cevallos Ruiz hospital in Yaguachi, in the province of Guayas province, killing one person and taking several hostages as one of their comrades was being treated.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 11:17 UTC

  Ecuador: 48 prison inmates escape, only 5 recaptured

  

  Only five of the 48 prison inmates that escaped Monday from the Esmeraldas jailhouse were recaptured later in the day according to sources from Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa's administration quoted by local media.

• Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

  Ecuador: Authorities regain control of prisons, free hostages

  

  Ecuador's forces retook control of all the country's prisons and freed some 150 corrections officers who were being held hostage by the rioting inmates, it was reported this past weekend. However, one guard was killed during a shootout in the operation.

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

  Ecuador accepts military help from Argentina and the US

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday said his government would be accepting the military cooperation offered by Argentina and the United States among other countries because the situation did not allow for egos to stand in the way.