Ecuadorian

Five suspects in the assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate will stand trial

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An Ecuadorian judge has ruled that five of six suspects in last year’s assassination of a presidential candidate will stand trial, including a leader of a powerful criminal gang who authorities accuse of coordinating the slaying from his prison cell QUITO, Ecuador — A judge ruled Wednesday that five of six suspects in last year’s … Read more

Armed attack during live broadcast at Ecuadorian TV station. What’s behind the spiraling violence?

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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country’s spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent recent prison escape. The imprisoned leader of a drug gang mysteriously vanished from his cell in the coastal city … Read more