Sources: Fox News
Five people are arrested after an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa. 2025-10-7
At least 22 people are killed after rival factions of the Los Tiguerones drug trafficking syndicate shoot at each other in Guyaquil, Ecuador. 2025-03-7
Eight people are killed and others are injured in a shootout outside a nightclub in La Concordia, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador. 2023-06-25
Thirteen inmates are killed and two more injured during a prison riot in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. 2022-07-18
Protests continue for a second consecutive day across Ecuador due to an increase in the price of gasoline, as president Guillermo Lasso orders the deployment of security forces to highways in order to maintain order. Lasso also calls on indigenous populations and civil society groups to engage in dialogue. 2021-10-27
Four mountain climbers are killed by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes in Ecuador. 2021-10-24
Heavy rain pelts earthquake-hit Ecuador causing floods, mostly in the town of Alluriquin in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, killing at least four people and injuring several more. About 300 people have been affected by the floods after a local river burst its banks, engulfing the town with water. 2016-04-27
Ecuador declares a state of emergency in the Galápagos Islands after a ship, "The Floreana", carrying hazardous materials ran aground January 28. 2015-02-6
Indigenous protesters commence a cross-country march in Ecuador against mining concessions. 2012-03-9
Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel Binyamin Ben-Eliezer responds to Ecuador's formal recognition of Palestine as an independent state by saying that the "entire world" could recognise a Palestinian state in the next year. 2010-12-26