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Military convoys of heavily-armed soldiers are rumbling through the streets of the Ecuadorian port town of Esmeraldas. The trucks carry more than 100 soldiers wearing bullet-proof vests, trying to ...
News Ecuador » Esmeraldas » People: Prison clash in Ecuador leaves at least 17 dead
A violent clash between rival gangs at a prison in the coastal city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, has left at least 17 dead, according to a statement from the National Police. “The situation stems from an ...
News Ecuador » Esmeraldas » People: Violence in Colombia displacing more people into Ecuador
SAN LORENZO, Ecuador, April 12 (UNHCR) - Senor Padilla, his wife and two of their children escaped to the small Ecuadorean port of San Lorenzo in late February, joining the growing number of people ...
News Ecuador » Esmeraldas » People: Prison riot in Ecuador kills at least 17 people
At least 17 people have been killed in a prison riot in Ecuador, the second deadly prison brawl to hit the country this week. Thursday’s fighting broke out in the coastal city of Esmeraldas near the ...
News Ecuador » Esmeraldas » People: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ecuador, 20 injured
QUITO, April 25 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, injuring at least 20 people, damaging ...