Sources: Reuters
A suspected outbreak of tuberculosis kills ten inmates at a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2025-11-19
At least one person is killed and several others are injured in a car bomb explosion near a shopping mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2025-10-14
Eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2024-03-31
Public prosecutor César Suárez (Ecuadorian prosecutor) Suárez Suárez, who was investigating the takeover of the TC Televisión newsroom by armed men, is killed in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2024-01-17
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
Six people are killed and eight others injured in a shootout between rival gangs on a street in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. 2023-06-19
Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The government blames organized crime groups. 2022-08-14
Ecuador ends the restrictions of public and private gathering designated to curb the spread of COVID-19 after the country reached 85% of its vaccinated population. 2022-03-18
Ecuador says it will pardon more than 2,000 inmates after 118 inmates were killed during a riot at a prison in Guayaquil on 28 September. A government official said that some prisoners will be prioritized and that the main goal is to address prison overcrowding. 2021-10-1
At least 17 are killed and 12 others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Officials said the blaze took hold after patients set mattresses on fire in a bid to escape the facility. 2019-01-12