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The Government presented the first official number of casualties during the rescue operative, so far thirteen people are dead and 224 were seriously wounded. This is the sum of the firefight between the armed forces in the Police Hospital of the capital and the criminal rampage...

Ecuador Times has learned that the Commander General of Police of Ecuador, Freddy Martinez, resigned after a rebellion by members of that institution who kidnapped Rafael Correa President for twelve hours, said a police spokesman who declined to be identified. ‘General...

Ministry of Interior, Gustavo Jalkh informed that General Patricio Franco is the replacement Freddy Martinez as the Commander General of the Police. On first notice Florencio Ruiz, was the Head of Estate who expressed his condolences on yesterday actions from members of National...

On Friday afternoon it’s been confirmed Rubén Darío Insúa is the new Coach of one of the most important soccer teams of Ecuador, Barcelona Sporting Club. The information has been confirmed via El Universo, an important newspaper of the country as well. Apparently...

President Rafael Correa declared three days of national mourning this Friday, due to deaths in the crossfire between Ecuadorian Armed Forces and the National Police. Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh, who confirmed the death of two soldiers, a policeman and a college student,...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Due to Police protests, there’s nobody providing security in the city. Military groups, supporting President Rafael Correa, have not shown up to avoid delinquency on the streets. Meanwhile ECTV is broadcasting its signal through all the TV channels,...

During yesterday Thursday the National Police took the streets with protest and stopped protecting the citizens. Officers who once were in charge of detaining any public riot, acted as the thugs they apprehend. Burning tires, barricaded streets and no police protection were the...

Members of the police department and regiments of Ecuador are against the new law that will affect the interests of the National Police. In the capital a singular protest has started. Students, workers and seniors are no longer the only one that protest, the police has an hour of...

UPDATE: (12h40) Rafael Correa: “There’s an attempt to enter my room. If anything happens to me I will always love my country.” (11h30) Luis Ernesto González, Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, says he supports the President. (11h00) President Correa is being...

Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa was injured during the Police riots at the “Regimiento Quito 1”. The President was almost hit by a tear gas canister, Correa recently had a knee surgery and could move really fast. As he moved he was verbally assaulted. President...