Ecuador News » El Oro News Ecuador » El Oro: Ecuador’s Lobos Turn El Oro Province Into Battleground
The Ecuadorian coastal province El Oro has emerged as a new hotspot for violence, as splintering criminal groups compete for control of the region’s lucrative criminal economies. On January 11, ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: Ecuador Police Report 10 Killed in El Oro Province
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean police reported on Sunday that officers found 10 dead bodies at a property in Guabo, a community in El Oro province in the Andean country's south. Violence has exploded ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: Ecuador: Noboa declares new state of emergency and plans another referendum
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has declared a new state of emergency for 60 days in four coastal provinces: El Oro, Guayas, Los Ríos, and Manabí. The decree, citing “serious internal unrest,” ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: Ecuador prison staff held hostage by inmates all freed
All prison staff who were seized as hostages during prison riots in Ecuador amid a sharp uptick in violence have been freed, according to prison authorities. “Security protocols and the joint work of ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: 4 killed when gunmen attack boat off Ecuador, reports say. More than a dozen believed missing
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Dozens of gunmen have attacked a boat off Ecuador’s southwest coast, killing several people after opening fire on its occupants and launching explosives at the vessel, according ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: At least 12 dead after 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Ecuador
The earthquake was felt in 13 provinces, authorities said. At least 12 people are dead after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Ecuador Saturday, President Guillermo Lasso said. The ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: Ecuador earthquake kills at least 15 people
At least 15 people have died and more than 400 are injured after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador's southern coast. Buildings were damaged in several cities when the earthquake hit at around ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: Shootout at Ecuador nightclub kills 8 as violent crime surges, police say
A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador on Sunday killed eight people and injured three others in the latest violent incident to hit the spiraling South American country, authorities said. The shooting ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: A strong earthquake has killed at least 15 in Ecuador and 1 in Peru
A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and ...
News Ecuador » El Oro: Deadly earthquake in Ecuador brings grief and fear
QUITO, Ecuador — Some affectionally call Machala the “Banana Capital of the World.” This port community on Ecuador’s Pacific coast is home to about a quarter million people and normally bustles with ...