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FILE - The remains of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio arrive to Camposanto Monteolivo cemetery for burial in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 11, 2023, after the 59-year-old was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9 in Quito. Ecuador's National Court of Justice began the trial for Villavicencio's assassination on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in which the authors of the killing will be prosecuted. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega, File)

Trial begins in Ecuador over murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio

By Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

Tulips flower outside the Peace Palace housing the World Court, or International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Mexico is taking Ecuador to the United Nations' top court on Tuesday accusing the nation of violating international law by storming into the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5 and arresting former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been holed up there seeking asylum in Mexico. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Ecuador defends raid on the Mexican Embassy and tells top U.N. court it acted to take in a criminal

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attends a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 20, 2024. Maduro on April 16, 2024, ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Police leave the prison, Centro de Privacion de Libertad Zonal 8, after returning former Vice President Jorge Glas to the prison after he was temporarily discharged to be attended at a hospital, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Police broke into Mexico's embassy in Ecuador on April 5 to arrest Glas, a convicted criminal and fugitive who had been living there since December. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

Mexico asks U.N. to expel Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito

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Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024. The raid took place hours after the Mexican government granted former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas political asylum. (AP Photo/David Bustillos)

White House scolds Ecuador for raiding Mexican Embassy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Police stand guard at the entrance of the penitentiary where former Vice President Jorge Glas is being held, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Ecuadorian police broke through the external doors of the Mexican Embassy in Quito, Friday evening, to arrest Glas, who had been residing there since December. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito

By Regina Garcia Cano and Gabriela Molina - Associated Press

A vehicle drives in reverse into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024. Ecuadorian police officers forcibly broke into the embassy where former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas was holed up, just hours after the Mexican government had granted him political asylum. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuadorian police break into Mexican embassy in Quito as diplomatic rift between countries deepens

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Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024. The raid took place hours after the Mexican government granted former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas political asylum. (AP Photo/David Bustillos)

Mexico is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed the embassy in Quito

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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa shakes hands with a farmer during his visit to Poalo, Ecuador, Thursday, March 21, 2024, where he met with dairy farmers and handed out 400 land titles. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) ** FILE **

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 9, injure 10 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges

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A man walks past the building where is located the Gunvor trading office in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday July 26, 2023. Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor said Friday, March 1, 2024, that it has reached a $661 million settlement with U.S. and Swiss prosecutors after convictions for bribery of foreign officials in connection with the petroleum industry in Ecuador. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten, File)

Geneva oil trader reaches $661M settlement with U.S., Swiss authorities over bribery in Ecuador

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Ecuador President Daniel Noboa speaks during a ceremony to deliver equipment to police, at the Gral. Alberto Enriquez Gallo police school in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 22, 2024. A diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appears to have intensified over the weekend after the European nation decided to ban some of Ecuador’s banana exports. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Diplomatic tensions between Ecuador and Russia over military equipment threaten banana exports

By Gabriela Molina - Associated Press

Soldiers search women as they patrol the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency, a measure that lets authorities suspend people’s rights and mobilize the military in places like the prisons. The government also imposed a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico’s warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

Soldiers stop and search a pedestrian for weapons as they patrol residential areas in northern Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency due to a wave in crime, a measure that lets authorities suspend people's rights and mobilize the military. The government also imposed a curfew. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Violence rattles Ecuador as a nightclub arson kills 2 and a bomb scare sparks an evacuation

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This screen grab of live video from the TC Television network shows a masked, armed person standing over journalists during a live broadcast, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The country has seen a series of attacks after the government imposed a state of emergency in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. (TC Television network via AP)

Ecuador’s escalating gang violence is broadcast live to the nation as masked gunmen storm TV studio

By Allen Panchana and Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

Ecuador's President-elect Daniel Noboa arrives with his wife Lavinia Valbonesi and two children, to the National Assembly to be sworn in as the new president, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Daniel Noboa is sworn in as Ecuador’s president, inheriting the leadership of a country on edge

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