Ecuador, Violent Eviction of Farmers
Lahora.com.ec reported at 9:30 in the morning of Wednesday June 1st, more than 600-armed soldiers entered the farming facilities of the community Patria Nueva in the Puembo sector of canton Pujili,...
View ArticleSurprise Attack on Security Vehicle in Quito, Ecuador
According to Extra.com, five assailants intercepted a security vehicle that was transferring money from a Pacific Bank located in the offices of Telecommunications Corporation (CNT) on Monday at 9:00...
View ArticleTaxi Driver Kidnapped by Policeman, Machala, Ecuador
According to Vistazo.com, an anti-kidnapping unit rescued a taxi driver from his captor in Naranjal, Ecuador on Monday June 6th. Moises Enrique Arevalo disappeared for seven days after an officer,...
View ArticlePastaza, Ecuador: ULCO Destroys Coca Plantation
According to Hoy.com.es, the Unit to Combat Organized Crime (ULCO) destroyed a coca plantation camouflaged on a hectare of land in Pastaza province in the jungle. The operation destroyed more than 150...
View ArticleEcuadorian Merchant Killed in Cold Blood (Video)
According to Ecuavisa a merchant, Christian Ruiz Martillo, was killed in cold blood by his brother in law, Duval Mora Valverde. The incident was caught on tape in the city of Duran in the province of...
View ArticleEcuador, Special Unit Combat Crime in Guayas Province
According to Expreso.ec six robbers of bank customers were arrested on Friday June 10th. Also, a taxi driver was detained in connection with a criminal gang that stole USD 2,000 from a customer at a...
View ArticlePolicewoman on Motorcycle, First in Quito, Ecuador
According to Expreso.ec a group of policewoman will patrol the streets of Quito on motorcycles for the first time. This pilot program is part of the traffic police patrol. If successful, it could be...
View ArticleQuito, Ecuador: Assassins Shoot Two People in Northern Area
According to ElComercio.com two people approached a blue Volkswagen Golf car on motorcycle firing 23 rounds into the vehicle. At 8:30 a.m. Saturday June 11th two people were murdered at the light on...
View ArticleUPDATE: Quito, Woman Identified, Assassinated at Stoplight
According to ElComercio.com the woman killed Saturday morning, June 11th, at the intersection of Eloy Alfaro and de La Republica was Jennifer Gonzalez, 26. Relatives at ‘Medicina Legal’ identified her....
View ArticleManta, Ecuador: Police Seize 82.7 kg Cocaine, Destination Spain
ElComercio.com reports that an operation in the port of Manta Ecuadorian police seized 82.7 kg of cocaine with a reported destination of Spain. The total cost of the confiscated drug is an estimated...
View ArticleEcuador: Banco de Machala, Shooting and Attempted Assault
According to ElUniverso.com on Monday, June 13 at about 11:30 a shooting and an attempted assault occurred at the drive through for Banco de Machala. The bank is located on 25 de junio and 10 de...
View ArticleMigrants Used to Launder USD 25 million to Ecuador
According to ElUniverso.com, an operation in Madrid, Spain, Espejo, under-covered a network that laundered USD 25 million between 2007 and 2011. It began September 2010. The network used the façade of...
View ArticleEcuador, Double Murder Tied to Pintag Death
ElComercio.com reports that the killing of a policeman, Darwin Anrango in the morning of March 19th in Pintag, east of Quito has been connected to the murder of two young Colombians this past Saturday...
View ArticlePolice Start Safety Circuits in All Ecuadorian Provinces
According to LaHora.com.ec the National Police will start safety circuits to combat crime. All units will cover about 4 kilometers of specific patrol. Forty-seven areas will be patrolled in Guayaquil...
View ArticleVictim of Manta, Ecuador ‘Terrorist Attack,’ Assassinated
According to ElComercio, Louis J. was standing in his front yard, in La Pradera, talking to a friend Tuesday June 14th at 5 p.m. when two men on motorcycles stopped in front of his house. The men asked...
View ArticleEcuador: Guayaquil Police, Crime Is Not Down
According to LaHora.com.ec some police believe that the increase of government and police resources is not causing a decrease in crime. Wilson Alulema, Guayaquil chief of the National Police, says that...
View ArticleQuito, Ecuador: 2 Bodies Found, 1 Tortured
Yesterday, Wednesday June 15th, the families of Nelson Ch., who disappeared Friday, were performing a search of the forest in El Troje along Av. Simon Bolivar in the south of Quito, reports...
View ArticleAzuay, Ecuador: Policeman Sentenced to Six Years for Murder
According to Hoy.com.ec the second Court of Criminal Penalties in Azuay today, Thursday June 16th, sentences Juan Carlos Albin to six years in prison for the death of Edwin Barros. Barros was killed by...
View ArticleEcuador, Guayas Police Seize Drug Amount Tops 2010 Figure
According to ElUniverso.com the Counternarcotic Police of Guayas have seized over seven and a-half tons of drugs within the province of Guayas. In 2010, seven and 300 kilos of drugs were seized. The...
View ArticleQuito, Ecuador: Foreigner Arrested Wearing Religious Garb
According to ElComercio.com at 7:00 in the morning on Friday June 17th police arrested a foreigner, Dameus B. who was trying to enter Ecuador at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre airport with 32 people. Dameus...
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