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Los Choneros gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar agrees to a request of Ecuador's National Court for extradition to the United States to face trial for drug trafficking and arms smuggling.
2025-07-11

At least six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that struck a highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with 30 other people reported missing.
2024-06-16

Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.
2023-08-12

Four mountain climbers are killed by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes in Ecuador.
2021-10-24

An elderly woman traveling from Spain becomes the first case of coronavirus in Ecuador.
2020-02-29

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Ecuador, near the border with Peru. It is relatively deep, with a depth of 152 km.
2019-02-22

A bus crashes in the Andes in Ecuador, leaving 11 people dead and 37 injured.
2018-09-2

Ecuador vows to protect the Yasuni National Park in the Amazon basin after international donors contribute $100 million to a protection fund.
2011-12-30

Authorities in Ecuador evacuate nearby residents as the Tungurahua erupts.
2011-04-26

46 police officers in Ecuador are arrested on suspicion of involvement in last week's uprising.
2010-10-6