A devastating traffic accident on October 25, 2025, at around 5:30 p.m. on kilometer 40 of the Durán–Tambo highway (Guayas province) claimed the lives of a father and his seven-year-old daughter and left the mother hospitalized in critical condition. Surveillance cameras and eyewitness videos recorded the moment a white Suzuki Vitara, carrying the family, lost […]
El Ministerio de Infraestructura anunció que la información del programa social “Jóvenes en Acción” —en el que actualmente participan 80.000 jóvenes en tareas vinculadas a los ministerios de Infraestructura, Educación, Salud y la Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos— ha sido declarada oficialmente “confidencial” para proteger datos personales y la seguridad de los beneficiarios. La resolución […]
A surgeon from Quito never imagined that a night of electronic music and new friendships at a rave would lead to a nightmare of threats, extortion, and harassment by organized crime. His story highlights Ecuador’s growing insecurity and the risks now facing health professionals. It started two years ago when “Sebastián” (alias) began frequenting the […]
El Gobierno de China ha anunciado una donación de USD 17 millones en equipos y herramientas productivas para impulsar la reactivación económica de las provincias ecuatorianas más golpeadas por el reciente paro nacional liderado por la Conaie. El presidente ecuatoriano, Daniel Noboa, informó que los fondos estarán destinados principalmente a Imbabura, el norte de Pichincha […]
Ecuador’s National Police delivered a major blow to the criminal organization “Los Lobos” on October 29, capturing 17 suspected members, including one of its top leaders in the capital—alias “Gordo Arturo”—during a series of simultaneous pre-dawn raids across six sectors of Quito and one in Guayaquil.The coordinated operation, dubbed Operativo Libertador III, involved 29 raids […]
El periodista ecuatoriano Fernando Álvarez, fundador del medio digital Fernando TV, fue asesinado al estilo sicariato la noche del martes 28 de octubre de 2025 durante un partido de fútbol en el coliseo del cantón Salitre, provincia del Guayas. Según los primeros reportes, varios hombres armados irrumpieron en el recinto deportivo mientras Álvarez jugaba con amigos […]
QUITO, ECUADOR – In a significant and urgently needed move to curb the relentless carnage on the Avenida Simón Bolívar—long notorious as one of Quito’s most dangerous and accident-prone thoroughfares—the Municipal Government has begun installing a defensive network of new concrete barriers. This intervention, which commenced with a focus on high-risk sections, is a direct response to […]
MACHALA, EL ORO – The silence of the night in Machala, Ecuador’s bustling “Banana Capital,” was violently ruptured in the early hours of Wednesday, October 29, as a series of gruesome discoveries across the city’s urban landscape painted a chilling picture of organized crime’s brutality. What began with a single, horrifying find quickly escalated into […]
The early morning silence of Quito was shattered on Wednesday, October 29, not by the usual street noise, but by the coordinated thunder of Operation Libertador III. In a massive, simultaneous deployment spanning multiple sectors of the capital—from Calderón to Quitumbe, La Delicia to Eloy Alfaro—and extending its reach to the notorious Pascuales sector of […]
