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A photograph released by the Ecuadorean Prison Authority showed Adolfo Macias wearing a T-shirt, shorts, a bulletproof vest and helmet. Photo: SNAI via AFP
Crime

Ecuador extradites notorious drug lord ‘Fito’ to US

Gang leader Adolfo Macias escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late June.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador recaptures most-wanted gang leader ‘Fito’ in army operation

Americas and the Caribbean

Violence-plagued Ecuador on alert over alleged assassination plot

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador’s president wins re-election as opponent demands recount

An unexpected victory for Daniel Noboa has prompted allegations of ‘grotesque electoral fraud’ from his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez.

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa addresses the media on Sunday after the electoral council said he had won the presidential election. Photo: Reuters
Crime

Hitmen mow down cartel-busting colonel in violence-torn Ecuador

Colonel Porfirio Cedeno was shot multiple times in Guayaquil while travelling to a military ceremony, according to police.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Leftist surge pushes Ecuador presidential race toward run-off

Ecuador’s conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa led leftist Luisa González by less than 1 per cent in close race.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet model Jasmine Tookes’ handsome husband, Juan David Borrero

Victoria’s Secret alum Jasmine Tookes met her husband at work and married him in a Zuhair Murad gown in front of model pals Sara Sampaio, Shanina Shaik and Lais Ribeiro.

Jasmine Tookes met her husband Juan David Borrero in 2016. Photo: @juandavidborrero/Instagram
US-China relations

Trump’s pick of Rubio as top US diplomat leaves Latin America bracing

Long-time outspoken China critic raises concerns in region he might press governments to choose sides between Washington and Beijing.

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ATP

Hong Kong lack of depth exposed in Ecuador loss despite Coleman Wong victory

Hong Kong must battle for their World Group II status next year following loss to South Americans at Victoria Park.

ATP

Wong battles heat, dizziness, in Davis Cup to seal win over Ecuador’s Lee

Coleman Wong holds off world 1,320 Marcos Lee to level World Group II first round tie at 1-1 heading into Sunday.

Coleman Wong celebrates winning a point during his Davis Cup match against Ecuador’s Marcos Lee at Victoria Park Tennis Stadium. Photo: Dickson Lee
Americas and the Caribbean

Panama unveils deportation flights to China, India to stem US-bound migration

For years, would-be migrants from South America and beyond have sought to cross the dangerous Darién Gap jungle on their way to the US.

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A member of Panama’s Tactical Aeronaval Operations group watches as migrants are deported to Colombia from Panama City on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador suspends visa waiver for Chinese citizens, citing irregular migration

The country has become a popular starting point for Chinese migrants who trek northward through Central America before entering the US.

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Killings in Ecuador city cause morgue to overflow with corpses, foul odours to spread

Spiralling criminal violence in one of Ecuador’s most dangerous cities caused a build-up of unidentified and unclaimed bodies that exceeded the capacity of the main morgue.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador voters back referendum for tougher fight against gangs

Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiralling wave of violence.

Soldiers in Quito, Ecuador on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador prison director killed as voters head to polls

Ecuador’s prisons agency did not give more details on the death of the prison director. Ecuadorans were voting in a referendum on proposed measures to fight surge in gang-related crime.

Soldiers stand guard outside a polling station during a referendum on tougher measures against organised crime in Olon, Santa Elena province, Ecuador on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police raid on Mexico embassy

Quito’s security forces stormed the Mexican embassy on Friday to capture fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas, who took refuge inside to avoid arrest for alleged corruption.

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Mexico

Mexico cuts ties with Ecuador after ex-VP Glas arrested in embassy raid

Glas sought refuge in the Mexican embassy in Quito last year after an arrest warrant was issued against him for alleged corruption.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador regains control of prisons amid war on drug gangs

Ecuador’s simmering security crisis erupted last week as the government and powerful narco gangs declared all-out war on each other, after the prison escape of a dangerous drug lord.

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Soldiers enter a jail in Turi, Ecuador in a nationwide crackdown of drug cartels. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador vows to crush gangs, deploys more than 22,000 soldiers

Since Monday, Ecuador’s drug cartels have been waging a bloody campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown on organised crime, prompting the president to declare a ‘state of war’.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador in state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gang violence escalates

Ecuador’s president gave orders to ‘neutralise’ criminal gangs after gunmen opened fire in a TV studio and bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the violence-riddled country.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador president declares emergency after drug lord escapes jail

The drug lord’s escape is an embarrassing development for the new administration that took office in November promising to control crime.

President Daniel Noboa announced a 60-day mobilisation of soldiers in Ecuador’s streets and prisons. Photo: AFP
Tourism

Saving Ecuador’s cloud forests, biodiverse and vulnerable to outside forces

Ecuador’s Chocó cloud forests are home to myriad and magnificent bird and animal species unique to this habitat, with new ones discovered each year. Nature-based tourism might just be their salvation.

The ocelot is one of many mammal species found in the Ecuadorean cloud forest. Photo: Daniel Allen
Americas and the Caribbean

Heir to banana fortune wins Ecuador presidential election

Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s youngest-ever president-elect, pledged to restore order in a nation torn by ‘violence, corruption and hatred’.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador officials removed after killing of suspects in candidate’s assassination

Ecuador has removed two top security officials after the killings of seven suspects allegedly involved in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuadorean inmates release 57 guards, police officers: prison authorities

The country’s corrections system said the law enforcement officers, who were held in six different prisons, were safe but did not offer details on the release.

Police guard the surroundings of the Turi prison in Cuenca, Ecuador, on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Americas and the Caribbean

Car bombs rock Ecuador capital as prisoners seize 57 guards, police

Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of dozens of law enforcement officers inside six prisons.

Firefighters at the scene of a car explosion in Quito, Ecuador. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

Run-off in violence-torn Ecuador to pit Correa ally against son of banana tycoon

Leftist front runner Luisa Gonzalez looked set to take on a surprise candidate, the youthful son of one of Ecuador’s richest men, in a run-off election in October.

Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador votes in tense presidential election marred by candidate’s murder

Ecuadorans are picking a successor to Guillermo Lasso, who called snap polls to avoid an impeachment trial just two years after his election.

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