Tag: Ecuador
Who is “Pico”, the leader of the “Lobos” gang, arrested this Monday after three months on the run?
Drug trafficking, illegal gold mining, human trafficking and assassinations: Fabricio Colón Pico Suárez, 44, is presented as being one of the leaders of “Los Lobos” (the wolves), the main gang…
Ecuador votes for a tougher course against gang violence in referendum
As of: April 22, 2024 8:32 a.m Ecuadorians have voted in a referendum to take tougher action against increasing gang violence in the country. The military will also be used…
A catch-all referendum that “won’t change things”
Sunday under high tension in Ecuador. In a very tense context of violence combined with an energy crisis, which led the government to mobilize the police and army, voters are…
Ecuador: Imprisoned ex-vice president transferred to clinic
Storming of the Mexican embassy After arrest: Ecuador’s ex-vice president taken from prison to clinic Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas is accused of corruption © Dolores Ochoa / AP…
Mexico withdraws all diplomats from Ecuador after storming embassy – DER SPIEGEL
Mexico withdraws all diplomats from Ecuador after storming embassyTHE MIRROR Arrested in Ecuador on foreign territoryFAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Crisis between Ecuador and Mexico: Not inconvenient in the election…
After the police raid against the Mexican embassy in Ecuador, a diplomatic crisis and a wave of international disapproval – Libération
Mexican diplomatic staff left Ecuador this Sunday, April 7, two days after the police intrusion into its embassy, denounced by the UN and many countries on the continent. The ambassador…
Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Ecuador
Nicaragua announced on Saturday April 6, 2024, the rupture of “any diplomatic relationship” with Ecuador, after the police intrusion into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest the former Ecuadorian…
Ecuador’s ex-vice president arrested in Mexican embassy
As of: April 6, 2024 9:45 a.m Ecuadorian security forces entered the Mexican embassy in Quito and arrested ex-Vice President Glas. The politician is wanted for corruption and Mexico granted…