Ecuadorian Police apologizes one year after 30-S

Yesterday morning, hundreds of police officers formed in the Regiment Quito No. 1 (RQ1) to pay tribute to the people who died on the 30-S. Colonel Juan Carlos Rueda, commander of the Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ), publicly apologized because of the police mutiny carried...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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30-S: Police and Military Reports on the 30S Do Not Match

Military and police officers accused each other about who shot first inside the Police Hospital on the past September 30 of 2010 (30-S). The reports state that the operatives did not had a coordinated plan to evacuate the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. A year has passed...
Posted On 30 Sep 2011
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30S Commemorative Activities Began with a Mass

From 10:00 am today President Rafael Correa began the activities to commemorate those killed during the police riot of September 30, 2010. This morning he attended a Mass at the Cathedral of Quito, where he reminded the five deaths that left a chaotic Thursday last year, when...
Posted On 30 Sep 2011
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30S: Police Members Reminded Froilan

This morning several emotional events were held in the spot where police Froilan Jimenez, member the Intervention and Rescue Group (GIR), died on September 30, 2010 during a police riot in Ecuador. Outside the Police Hospital, citizens, doctors, and police members came to pray at...
Posted On 30 Sep 2011
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Correa’s Supporters Gathered to Commemorate the 30S

Thousands of supporters of President Rafael Correa waved green flags on Friday in Quito to commemorate what they consider the “triumph of democracy” after the police revolt of September 30, 2010; facts that were considered by the president coup attempt with a balance...
Posted On 30 Sep 2011
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A year After the 30S: Photos of the Police Riot in Ecuador

On September 30, 2010 (30S) Ecuador had a political crisis due to a police revolt. Police members blocked roads and fired tires to protest against a labor reform proposed by the government. Police members demanded the restitution of their rights: police bond, the years provided...
Posted On 29 Sep 2011
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District Attorney did not find Paredes’ Scanner

Yesterday, Antonio Gagliardo, Guayas District Attorney, made the recognition of the office where judge Juan Paredes wrote, on July 20 and in less than 24 hours, the ruling against El Universo Newspaper, 3 of its managers and its former editor of opinion Emilio Palacio. Gagliardo...
Posted On 28 Sep 2011
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Criminal Chamber Dismissed Emilio Palacio’s Appeal

The Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of Guayas, office in charge of the trial of El Universo case, yesterday ordered the execution of the sentence imposed on former columnist of El Universo Newspaper Emilio Palacio. The court rejected the annulment and pleading appeal filed...
Posted On 28 Sep 2011
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Judge Paredes did not attend the hearing at Guayas District Attorney

This morning Juan Paredes, temporary judge in charge of the 3 years prison sentence and $ 40 million fine for El Universo Newspaper, its 3 managers and Emilio Palacio (former editor of opinion), did not appear before the Guayas District Attorney to meet Joffre Campaña...
Posted On 26 Sep 2011
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Correa will speak at the Ritz Theater in New Jersey

At least 40 supporters of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa faced Union City Mayor Brian Stack, who denied permission for Ecuadorian diplomatic missions to use the theater of Union City High School for a cultural evening and called President Correa an unwelcome person, which is...
Posted On 23 Sep 2011
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