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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

Eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
2024-03-31

Two prison riots in Ecuador leave at least 18 people dead and dozens more injured.
2021-07-21

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

The United Nations World Food Programme announces it is stepping up assistance to Ecuador’s most vulnerable areas following an earthquake that killed over 650 people.
2016-04-25

People in Ecuador start burying their dead as the death toll from the earthquake passes 500.
2016-04-20

The death toll from Saturday's earthquake has risen to at least 480 with 1,700 missing. Another 2,500 have been injured. President Rafael Correa states it is the worst disaster in Ecuador in seven decades, and the reconstruction will have a "huge economic impact" on the country.
2016-04-19

The death toll from Saturday night's earthquake in Ecuador rises to 262 with more than 2,500 people injured.
2016-04-17

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Ecuador, near the town of Muisne. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami alert for coastal areas of Ecuador and Colombia. At least 42 people are reported dead with deaths reported in the cities of Manta, Guayaquil and Portoviejo.
2016-04-16

Indigenous protesters commence a cross-country march in Ecuador against mining concessions.
2012-03-9