Sources: El Universal
Two people are killed and nine more injured during an arson attack at a nightclub in El Coca, Ecuador. 2024-01-11
Twelve people are killed after riots break out in a prison in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. 2023-04-14
At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. 2023-03-27
Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno declares a state of emergency amid nationwide protests against a hike in fuel prices. The protests have crippled the country's transport network with all major roads and bridges blocked in the capital Quito. 2019-10-4
WikiLeaks says that a high-level source within the government of Ecuador has informed them that Julian Assange will be expelled within "hours to days" and that Ecuador's government already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest. On April 2, 2019, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno accused WikiLeaks of leaking the INA Papers, a set of documents published in February 2019 which uncover the operations of INA Investment Corp, an offshore tax haven created by the brother of President Moreno and allegedly reveal government corruption. 2019-04-5
13 police officers are injured after an attack against a police command in San Lorenzo Canton, Ecuador.2018-01-27
An Ecuadorian Air Force IAI Arava 201 crashes near Shell Mera in a mountainous part of eastern Ecuador during military exercises, killing all of the 22 soldiers on board. 2016-03-15
Ecuador issues a volcano alert for Tungurahua covering nearby Tungurahua and Chimborazo provinces. 2012-12-16
At least 8 police officers are killed and several others are wounded in San Miguel, Putumayo, Colombia, near its border with Ecuador. 2 of the perpetrators are then killed in the jungle. 2010-09-11