Tag: Ecuador
Ecuador: outbreak of violence a few weeks before the general elections in August
Assassination of a mayor, gang clashes in prisons that leave 6 dead and at least 90 prison guards held hostage. In Ecuador, the weekend was particularly violent. Four weeks before…
Dozens stuck in cable car in Ecuador – for hours
full screen The picture shows the cable car in Quito in 2005. Stock photography. Photo: Dolores Ochoa R/AP/TT 75 people have been rescued after being stuck on one of the…
Dozens stuck in cable car in Ecuador – for hours
After an operation involving emergency services and police, everyone is back on the ground – unharmed, local authorities say. The cause of the stationary cable car was an electrical fault.…
The City Orchestra: Loja, Ecuador
In the streets of Loja in Ecuador, music is everywhere, all the time. The loudspeakers at the entrance to the shops spit hits of salsa, cumbia or bachata. The garbage…
The woman who was ‘resurrected’ at the funeral lost her life! Funeral for the old woman for the second time in a week…
In Ecuador, a 76-year-old woman named Bella Montoya ‘died’ after being in intensive care for 7 days in a public hospital. It was understood that Montoya, who was noticed to…
Straight line from Ecuador to Farsta
EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson and Jürgen Ebner, Deputy CEO at Europol, during a press conference on the EU’s fight against organized crime in Stockholm in March. Archive image. 1 /…
Straight line from Ecuador to Farsta
In 2021, a record amount of 303 tons of cocaine was seized within the EU. Last year, 110 tons were taken in Europe’s second largest port of Antwerp alone, and…
Chaos in the air! The bird that hit the plane entered the cockpit… Disaster averted
The incident occurred in the city of Vinces, Ecuador’s Los Rios state. A bird entered the plane, which was under the control of Ariel Valiente, through the cockpit window. Pilot…
Woman declared dead in Ecuador but woke up at funeral
A 76-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a hospital in Ecuador. When the family held a memorial service at the funeral home, the woman came to life – in the…
ex-policeman sentenced to maximum sentence for femicide
In Ecuador, an ex-policeman was sentenced Thursday, May 26 to nearly 35 years in prison for the murder of his wife. The case had made all the more noise as…