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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 soldier guards a polling station during a runoff presidential election in Canuto, Ecuador, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Ochoa)

Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to fortune, wins presidency in violence-wracked Ecuador

By Regina Garcia Cano and Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

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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Police inspect a truck that exploded outside an office used by the government's National Service for Attention for People Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), which runs the jail system, in Quito, Ecuador, early Thursday Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security

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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

Ambulance personnel wearing protection suits wait for a patient with COVID-19 symptoms to be admitted to the Instituto de Seguridad Social hospital in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa).

After Ecuador eased its lockdown, the virus surged in Quito

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

A child, wearing a protective face mask as a mandatory measure to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, rides piggyback through a crowded downtown area in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. The city is returning to a new normality after relaxing a rigorous quarantine but amid a certain fear that COVID-19 infections may rise. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Lab in Ecuador’s capital forced to halt coronavirus testing

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

In this Sunday, March 29, 2020 photo, Rev. Steven Paulikas decorates an altar with palm fronds for Palm Sunday, which will be commemorated virtually this year, at All Saints' Episcopal Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The global coronavirus pandemic is upending the season's major religious holidays, forcing leaders and practitioners across faiths to improvise. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)

Virus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spirit

By DAVID CRARY and LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

One of the protesters shakes hands with a security officer as they celebrate the announcement that the government cancelled an austerity package that triggered violent protests, in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno and leaders of the country's indigenous peoples have struck a deal to cancel the disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left several people dead. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador crisis weakens president, strengthens indigenous

By GONZALO SOLANO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Police held captive by anti-government protesters, are forced to carry a coffin that contain the remains of a companion who protesters say died during yesterday's national strike, in a procession inside the Casa de Cultura in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. An indigenous leader and four other people have died in unrest in Ecuador since last week, the public defender's office said Thursday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

President orders army onto streets of Ecuadorian capital

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

Police detained by anti-governments protesters are presented on a stage in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Thousands of protesters staged anti-government rallies Wednesday, seeking to intensify pressure on Ecuador's president after a week of unrest sparked by fuel price hikes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Defiant protesters in Ecuador parade captive police officers

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

The father of detained Swedish programmer Ola Bini, Dag Gustafsson, attends a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The ace Swedish programmer, pictured on the screen in the background, who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks was arrested in Ecuador last week in an alleged plot to blackmail the country's president over his abandonment of Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Assange friend jailed by Ecuador says case will collapse

By GONZALO SOLANO and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

This frame grab image made from APTN footage provided by Teleamazonas, shows a tweet by Swedish software developer Ola Bini, who was arrested preparing to board a flight to Japan, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (APTN via AP)

Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

A police van parked outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019. London police say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy, it was reported on Thursday. (Rebecca Brown/PA via AP)

The Latest: Quito arrest part of Assange probe

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In this Friday May 19, 2017, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks publisher, naturalized by Ecuador as Quito plots embassy exit

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a U.N. report as he speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Feb. 5, 2016. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.K. ‘wants a way out’ of Julian Assange deadlock, Ecuador says

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Argentina's Lucas Pratto sits on the pitch during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer soccer match against Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Brazil 1st to qualify for World Cup, Argentina in danger

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

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