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The Ecuadorian Ministry of the Interior will notify the ATF international affairs office before launching an independent investigation into arms trafficking. Ecuador and the United States strengthen cooperation on security issues based on the eTrace system, reported the Ministry...

The United States is the main country where weapons and ammunition that enter Ecuador illegally and end up in the hands of criminal gangs are manufactured. Behind the bars of the Litoral Penitentiary, two surprises awaited the hundreds of police and soldiers: the virulence with...

The ‘cocaine czar’ has up to six different identities and is required in two European countries, where they call him “the king of escapes”. He was captured in Ecuador and sentenced to 13 years in prison, but a judge released him. The ‘cocaine...

Banco del Pacífico (BPE), a company that is owned by the Ecuadorian state, declared its sale process void, after complying with the planned schedule to listen to proposals from national and international companies.  The bank assured, through a press release, that only one...

On Sunday, November 13, 2022, a new vaccination campaign against influenza will start in Ecuador. That day, in the Bicentennial Park, located in the north of Quito, the immunization will take place from 09:00. Esteban Bonilla, director of immunizations of the Ministry of Public...

Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli would have sent a letter to Rafael Correa and warned the Ministry of Non-Renewable Natural Resources about possible damages in the contracts signed by the state oil company. The figure of Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli becomes important again after the...

Travel expenses reports from the Ministry of Finance and Petroecuador show that the presidential plane was used on at least three occasions, between November 2016 and January 2017, for contract negotiations with the state oil company. The investigations of the Prosecutor’s...

A commission of experts from Israel is in the country, within the framework of the visit made in previous days by the President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, with a view to crystallizing an acquisition plan for both the Armed Forces and the National Police. The foreign agents...

In a conversation with the media, the Minister of Government, Francisco Jiménez, announced some of the details of the Comprehensive Security Plan that will be applied in Ecuador in response to the latest violent events. Jiménez explained that in a first phase the control of...

Pedro Pablo Duart Segale is a Guayaquil politician. In August 2022, Duart announced that he would be a candidate for mayor of Guayaquil in the 2023 elections for SUMA, a party founded by Mauricio Rodas and Guillermo Celi in 2012. His candidacy was registered with the National...