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Regula devices enhance Ecuador's border security
Source Security
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July 1, 2025
Ecuador’s border control authorities have significantly enhanced their identity verification capabilities by deploying a suite of advanced document examination devices from Regula. The nationwide upgrade, supported by the International...
Ecuador launches new national union for fishing, aquaculture sector
Undercurrent News
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June 27, 2025
Ecuador has officially launched the Union de Pescadores y Acuicultores del Ecuador, a new nationwide union aimed at uniting and strengthening the country's fishing and aquaculture sector, according to a press release by the Tuna Conservation Group...
Ecuador’s Kichwa language is kept alive in the US
El País
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June 28, 2025
–Imanalla, ñukaka Micaelami kani (“How are you? My name is Micaela”), says the teacher at the start of the Kichwa class. –Ñukaka alli kani, yachachik Micaela (“I’m fine, Miss Micaela”), say the students. Today’s class is a review lesson in which...
Yemeni man to plead guilty in Mobile in international human smuggling case
FOX10 News - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Yemen man Monday announced his intention to plead guilty to a charge related to a human smuggling network that federal prosecutors say involved an Alabama gas station owner. Haidar Abo Ayedh Almuntaser is one off four...
The Art Basel Scene You Almost Missed
Abelson
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July 8, 2025
While Art Basel undoubtedly attracted collectors and connoisseurs from around the globe, it was not the sole destination for those seeking exceptional art experiences. The MOCAMAG Contemporary Art Museum brought the Fine Art Biennale Basel to the...
El Gobierno colombiano niega mediar una posible “entrega” de alias Fito, detenido en Ecuador
KVIA - Texas
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July 1, 2025
Ana María Cañizares El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia emitió un comunicado el lunes sobre la detención de Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito”, realizada el jueves 26 de junio por el Ejército ecuatoriano en la localidad costera de...
Flor Bustamante lawyer sets up Quito boutique
Latin Lawyer
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Juan Carlos Herrerra has left Ecuadorean firm Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado where he focused on energy and natural resources disputes to set up a boutique in Quito. Subscribe to unlock unlimited access Get news, unique commentary, expert...
Ecuador Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured, Faces U.S. Extradition
OCCRP
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June 27, 2025
The leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang—long considered the country’s most wanted fugitive—is set to be extradited to the United States after being captured 18 months after his escape from prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known by the alias...
Ecuador Apologizes to Abused Abacaleros, Plantation Remains Silent
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 27, 2025
Ecuadorian government officials issued a public apology on May 31 to a group of the 300 “abacaleros” workers subjected to slave-like conditions for nearly six decades at the Japanese-owned abaca plantation, Furukawa Plantaciones. The textile...
Ecuador's indigenous Kichwa community celebrated in Belmont Cragin mural
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 27, 2025
Tucked away on a Belmont Cragin corner, a rich mural helps Chicago’s Kichwa Ecuadorian community honor and remember their homeland. A member of that community, a group indigenous to Ecuador, painted the mural. Fernando Lechón of New York spent...
Air Europa inaugurated its non-stop flights between Madrid and Quito at Mariscal Sucre Airport
Travel Daily News
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July 1, 2025
Air Europa will operate three weekly frequencies using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Passengers traveling from Quito to Madrid will save approximately two and a half hours on this non-stop journey. The Spanish airline Air Europa has launched its...
Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown after jailbreak
ABC News - New York
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June 27, 2025
QUITO, Ecuador -- Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Adolfo Macías, alias...
Ecuador’s most wanted Narco found cowering under kitchen counter
Metro
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June 27, 2025
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A criminal who escaped from prison in late 2023 was found in an underground bunker only accessible through a kitchen counter....
Week 27 farm-gate shrimp roundup: Ecuador prices gain momentum while China posts modest rebound
Undercurrent News
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July 1, 2025
Additional reporting by Maria Feijoo, Lewis Hu and Neil Ramsden Ecuadorian shrimp farm-gate prices firmed for week 27 (June 30-July 6), while Chinese levels remained seasonally depressed despite modest recovery, creating potential margin pressure...
Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak
WSOC 9 - North Carolina
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June 27, 2025
QUITO, Ecuador — (AP) — Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Adolfo Macías,...
Sentence of Ecuador's former VP labelled 'abhorrent' after dramatic embassy raid
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 1, 2025
An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out...
Ecuador’s Druglord ‘Fito’ Captured after Escape from Prison 18 Months Ago
The CSR Journal
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June 27, 2025
After more than a year since his escape from prison in Ecuador, a fugitive drug trafficking criminal wanted by authorities in the Andean country and the United States was captured. Ecuador’s President, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that...
Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Ecuadorian security forces recaptured the kingpin Wednesday at an underground bunker beneath a marble-walled house in the port city of Manta, some 260 kilometers (161 miles) southwest of the capital of Quito. In a remarks to reporters Thursday,...
Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
Human Rights Watch
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June 27, 2025
(New York) – Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On...
Ecuador court orders 13 more years in prison for former VP Glas
Yahoo News
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QUITO (Reuters) -An Ecuadorean court on Monday sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in...