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Prisoners stand on the roof of the Turi jail where dozens of prison guards and police officers have been kidnapped by the inmates, in Cuenca, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. In the last 24 hours, Ecuador has been rocked by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)

An explosion in Ecuador is seen as gangs asserting power after inmates take hostages and free some

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A voter casts her ballot in a snap presidential election in Cayambe, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The special election was called after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May to avoid being impeached. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A presidential runoff is likely in Ecuador between an ally of ex-president and a banana tycoon’s son

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Supporters attend an open-air Mass during the closing campaign rally of the "Movement Construye" party in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The upcoming snap election set for Aug. 20 was called after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May, to avoid being impeached. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuadorians are choosing a new president amid increasing violence that may scare away voters

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Xavier Hervas, presidential candidate for Total Renovation, standing next to his wife Anastasia Baeva, speaks prior to the presidential debate in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Ecuador goes to the polls in a presidential election on Aug. 20. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

FILE - A soldier monitors vehicle traffic on the National Unity Bridge that connects the town of Duran with the Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2023. Guayaquil is the epicenter of violence. About a third of this year’s violent deaths took place in what is Ecuador’s second-largest city and home to the main commercial port, as well as a large prison complex. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio speaks during a campaign event at a school minutes before he was shot to death outside the same school in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 (API via AP)

Killing of Ecuador candidate deepens country’s sense of vulnerability to crime

By Sara España - Associated Press

A supporter of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio holds his photo and a drum outside the cemetery during his funeral in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The 59-year-old was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9 in Quito. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

By Gabriela Molina and Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves an Ecuador national flag during a campaign event at a school minutes before he was shot to death outside the same school in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 (API via AP)

Slain Ecuador candidate fearlessly took on drug cartels and corruption

By Gabriela Molina and Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

Police guard the hospital where several of the injured were taken after an attack against presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Villavicencio was killed as he entered a vehicle after a campaign rally, outside a school in Quito. (AP Photo/Juan Diego Montenegro)

Ecuador presidential candidate shot and killed at campaign event; suspect dead

By Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

The relatives of prisoners at the Litoral Penitentiary protest for information on the status of inmates after deadly clashes, outside the prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Cesar Muñoz)

Ecuador announces a state of emergency in all of its prisons after violent clashes

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Provincial government workers build coffins to be donated to poor families needing to bury loved ones who died of COVID-19, in Tabacundo, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. An Ecuadorian woman who was declared dead until she began moving around in her coffin (not pictured) at her funeral earlier this month died in the hospital Friday. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

‘Deceased’ woman who suddenly showed signs of life in coffin hospitalized, later declared dead again

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso gives a news conference at the Carondelet government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, June 2, 2023. Lasso, who dissolved the National Assembly two weeks prior, announced he would not run for president in elections on Aug. 20. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador’s president declines to run in snap elections after he disbands National Assembly

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Cade Cowell of the United States, center, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's first goal during a FIFA U-20 World Cup Group B soccer match against Slovakia at the San Juan stadium in San Juan, Argentina, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Ecuador follows unbeaten U.S. into U20 World Cup knockout stage

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Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso signs his nation's anthem as he leaves the National Assembly after addressing a session where opposition lawmakers seek to try him for embezzlement accusations in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador’s president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust him, in a move that promises turmoil

By Regina Garcia Cano and Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

Ecuadorian migrant Klever Ortega, left, and his wife, Cristina Lema, prepare breakfast for their family, Saturday, March. 3, 2023, in Spring Valley, N.Y. Ecuador — long known for remarkably low rates of crime, despite sitting in South America's cocaine heartland — has been struggling economically, fighting higher violence and losing its people in record numbers. Like Ortega and Lema, many are headed to the U.S. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

More Ecuadorians move to U.S., spared many others’ hurdles

By Michael Weissenstein and Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

President Joe Biden sits beside Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso during a leaders' retreat and working luncheon with heads of state and government at the Summit of the Americas, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. Biden met Monday, Dec. 19, with Lasso at the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden hails ‘progress’ with Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso despite failing to rein in flow of immigrants

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Senegal's Kalidou Koulibaly, right, celebrates with teammates scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup group A soccer match between Ecuador and Senegal, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Koulibaly’s goal puts Senegal into round of 16 at World Cup

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Ecuador's Enner Valencia is attended by medical personnel during the World Cup group A soccer match between Netherlands and Ecuador, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ecuador frets over Valencia ahead of Senegal at World Cup

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Ecuador's Enner Valencia celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's first goal during the World Cup group A soccer match between Netherlands and Ecuador, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Valencia scores World Cup-best third goal in Ecuador draw, eliminates Qatar from tournament

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Ecuador's Enner Valencia celebrates scoring his side's second goal against Qatar during a World Cup group A soccer match at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor , Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

World Cup dismay for host Qatar as Ecuador wins opening game

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press