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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

Associated Press

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

Soldiers patrol the perimeter of Inca prison during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 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)

Armed men break into live TV studio as Ecuador is rocked by series of attacks

Associated Press

Recently harvested bananas are washed at a farm in Los Rios, Ecuador, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Bananas headed to a commercial port must meet long-established beauty standards of the export market. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

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

Soldiers leave the prison &quot;Centro de Rehabilitacion Social Regional Centro Norte Cotopaxi&quot; where deadly riots broke out inside, two days prior in Latacunga, Ecuador, early Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Ecuador experienced its deadliest prison riots ever this week when seemingly coordinated fights broke out in facilities in three different cities, leaving 79 inmates dead as of Wednesday and exposing the limited control that authorities have over people behind bars. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Weapons, cellphones seized after deadly Ecuador prison riots

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2005 file photo, Ecuador's former President Abdala Bucaram leaves the Foreign Ministery in Panama City, where he sought political asylum after fleeing his country amid massive protests that forced the ouster of President Lucio Gutierrez. Bucaram was detained at his home in Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 3, 2020, during a search warrant ordered by the Prosecutor's Office investigating alleged embezzlement through a contract for hospital medical supplies. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Ecuador’s ex-president detained in organized crime probe

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2020 file photo, a family waits outside their home to receive food handouts from the local government, in the Cristo del Consuelo neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador. In March and April, Guayaquil was a pandemic hellscape of makeshift morgues, hundreds dying at home, bodies left in the street. But Guayaquil has stabilized since then, sending medical teams and equipment elsewhere in Ecuador and taking in virus patients from outside the city. (AP Photo/Angel de Jesus, File)

Once in crisis, Ecuador city now helps others battle virus

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2005 file photo, Ecuador's former President Abdala Bucaram leaves the Foreign Ministery in Panama City, where he sought political asylum after fleeing his country amid massive protests that forced the ouster of President Lucio Gutierrez. Bucaram was detained at his home in Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 3, 2020, during a search warrant ordered by the Prosecutor's Office investigating alleged embezzlement through a contract for hospital medical supplies. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Ex-Ecuador president detained in COVID-19 corruption raid

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

A coffin with the body of a recently deceased person sits in the bed of a pickup truck before burial, outside Teodoro Maldonado Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Monday, April 6, 2020. Guayaquil, a normally bustling city that has become a hot spot in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, also has untold numbers dying of unrelated diseases that can’t be treated because hospitals are overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Luis Perez)

Ecuador struggles to bury coronavirus dead; some bodies lost

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, photo, relatives of Bella Lamilla the first person to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Ecuador, maintain quarantine in their home in Babahoyo, Ecuador. The spreading global pandemic has tested the competing interests of public health and privacy, with thousands of individuals and families experiencing both physical illness and the less-discussed stigma that can come with it. While there are many stories about good deeds and people coming together, the coronavirus is also bringing out another, darker side of some people: Fear, anger, resentment and shaming. (AP Photo/Mariuxi Orellana)

Coronavirus shaming swirls on social media

By Christine Armario - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, photo, relatives of Bella Lamilla the first person to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Ecuador, maintain quarantine in their home in Babahoyo, Ecuador. The spreading global pandemic has tested the competing interests of public health and privacy, with thousands of individuals and families experiencing both physical illness and the less-discussed stigma that can come with it. While there are many stories about good deeds and people coming together, the coronavirus is also bringing out another, darker side of some people: Fear, anger, resentment and shaming. (AP Photo/Mariuxi Orellana)

Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Relatives watch as the remains of a coronavirus victim, which authorities wrap in plastic, arrive to the Jardines de la Esperanza cemetery in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Ecuador has one of the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in the region, combined with a lack of ventilators, hospital beds and experienced crisis management. (AP Photo/Andrea Aguilar)

In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

Pope Francis adjusts his skull cap as he celebrates Mass at Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Pope Francis used his final Mass in Ecuador to issue an appeal for the missionary church that he has championed. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis visits an old friend in Ecuador

Catholic News Agency

Pilgrims hold up their hands to be blessed by Pope Francis during a Mass at the Samanes Park in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Monday, July 6, 2015. Latin America's first pope arrived in this port city on Monday for the first big event of a three-nation tour that includes Paraguay and Bolivia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Pope Francis has packed final Ecuador day but holding up well

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican in this June 24, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Pope Francis’ Mass in South America is expected to draw more than 1 million

By Nicole Winfield and Allen Panchana - Associated Press