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Cuenca, officially Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, is an Ecuadorian city, head of the canton of the same name and capital of the province of Azuay, as well as its largest and most populated city. It is crossed by the Tomebamba, Tarqui, Yanuncay and Machángara rivers, [4] in the south-central inter-Andean region of Ecuador, in the Paute river ...
April 3, 2022 - A prison riot in Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, leaves at least 20 inmates dead. May 9, 2022 - Prison riots break out between members of rival gangs Los Lobos and R7, killing ...
On 9 May, a riot broke out between members of rival gangs Los Lobos and R7 inside Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo, central Ecuador. [1] Forty-four inmates were killed. [3] [1] The prison is situated 80 km (50 mi) north of Quito. [1] A hundred and twelve inmates tried to escape during the riot, but were apprehended inside the prison grounds.
2019 Ecuadorian protests. Graph of the manifestations nationwide. (Top to bottom, left to right) Protesters gathered near the indigenous headquarters at the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana on 10 October. Masked protesters with makeshift shields. National Police of Ecuador gathered near a barrier. Date.
March 27, 2024 at 1:57 PM. By Alexandra Valencia and Oliver Griffin. (Reuters) - Ecuador is struggling to bring spiraling violence under control, with mayors fearing for their lives and the ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a ...
A series of protests against the economic policies of Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso, triggered by increasing fuel and food prices, began on 13 June 2022.Initiated by and primarily attended by Indigenous activists, in particular the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the protests have since been joined by students and workers who have also been affected by the ...
On 23 February 2021, 79 inmates were killed and several others were injured in riots that took place simultaneously in four prisons in Ecuador. Authorities gave gang rivalry in an overcrowded prison system as the cause. [1] The violence happened in prisons located in the Guayas, Azuay, and Cotopaxi provinces, which contain nearly 70% of the ...