Sources: Reuters
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
An Ecuadorian judge issues arrest warrants for 16 soldiers accused of the disappearance and murder of four children in Guayaquil after genetic tests confirm the charred remains found near a military base belong to the missing victims. 2024-12-31
Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador and the site of the country's deadliest prison riot in 2021, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspected drug cartel gunmen. 2024-09-13
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
Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries. 2023-03-20
Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The government blames organized crime groups. 2022-08-14
Twenty-four people are killed and 42 others are wounded during a battle between rival gangs at a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Some of the inmates were armed with guns and grenades. 2021-09-28
The Mayor of Guayaquil, Cynthia Viteri, herself infected with COVID-19, condemns the federal government's response to the pandemic as the virus rapidly spreads inside the city. A joint military and police task force has collected at least 150 bodies off the streets. The government's spokesman Jorge Wated apologizes in a message broadcast on state television. 2020-04-2
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