2024 in Ecuador

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2024
in
Ecuador

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Events in the year 2024 in Ecuador.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • 24 March – San Vicente mayor Brigitte García, the youngest mayor in the country, and one of her advisors are found shot dead in Manabí Province.[9]
  • 31 March – Eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs in Guayaquil.[10]

April

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May

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June

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  • 14 June - The National Assembly votes to block an attempt to have Vice President Verónica Abad prosecuted in a corruption case involving her son while she is in office.[19]
  • 16 June - 2024 Baños landslide: A landslide caused by heavy rainfall strikes a highway in Baños de Agua Santa, killing at least eight people and injuring 22, with 11 people reported missing.[20]
  • 18 June - The Foreign Ministry announces plans to reinstate a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the latter country.[21]
  • 19 June – A nationwide power outage leaves 17 million people without power.[22]
  • 30 June – Fourteen members of the judiciary and other government officials are arrested in nationwide raids on suspicion of producing legal decisions favoring organised crime groups.[23]

July

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  • 7 July – A court rules that the rights of the Machángara River, which runs through Quito, had been violated by environmental pollution and orders the government to clean up the river.[24]
  • 12 July – A court in Quito sentences Carlos Angulo, the alleged leader of the Los Lobos gang, and Laura Castilla to 34 years' imprisonment for the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023. Three other accomplices are also sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment.[25]
  • 16 July – Authorities discover a shipment of 6.23 tonnes of cocaine hidden underneath bananas aboard a cargo ship docked at Posorja on its way to Germany.[26]

August

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September

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November

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  • 3 November – A truck falls into a ravine along the Paute River in Morona-Santiago Province, killing ten people and leaving one survivor.[32]
  • 5 November – Vice President Verónica Abad Rojas is fined $8,500 by the Electoral Disputes Tribunal for premature campaigning when she was a candidate for mayor of Cuenca in 2023.[33]
  • 9 November – Verónica Abad Rojas is suspended for 150 days as Vice President on charges of "unjustified abandonment" after she refuses to leave her concurrent position as ambassador to Israel for an ambassadorship to Turkey despite an order from the foreign ministry in September.[33]
  • 12 November – At least 17 inmates are killed in a riot inside the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil.[34]

Deaths

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Holidays

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Source:[40]

References

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  1. ^ "Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate". AP News. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. ^ "Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon". 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ^ "Ecuador prison staff held hostage by inmates all freed". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  4. ^ "Ecuador: 48 prison inmates escape, only 5 recaptured". MercoPress. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  5. ^ "Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV studio shot dead". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  6. ^ "Ecuador police arrest gang members who stormed hospital". 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  7. ^ "Ecuador becomes second Latin American state to decriminalise euthanasia". 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  8. ^ Daniels, Joe (8 February 2024). "Ecuador arrests 6,000 people in month-long gang crackdown". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  9. ^ "Ecuador's youngest mayor found shot to death alongside staffer". Reuters. March 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Zeker dertien mensen doodgeschoten door gewapende bendes in Ecuador". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  11. ^ "Ecuador declares Mexican ambassador persona non grata and says she will leave 'shortly'". Associated Press. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Mexico's president says country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador, after police raid embassy". Associated Press. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Ecuador after raid on Mexican embassy". Associated Press. April 6, 2024.
  14. ^ "Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest the police raid on the Mexican Embassy there". Associated Press. April 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "Ecuadoreans give nod to tightened security amid persisting gang violence". Al Jazeera. April 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "Director de la cárcel El Rodeo fue asesinado una semana después de asumir el cargo". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  17. ^ "¿Quiénes eran los militares que murieron en accidente de helicóptero en la Amazonía ecuatoriana?" (in Spanish). El Universo. April 27, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  18. ^ "Choque múltiple ocasiona una muerte y deja varios heridos en Machachi" (in Spanish). Vistazo.com. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  19. ^ "Ecuadorian lawmakers block indictment of vice president whom authorities accuse of collusion". Associated Press. June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  20. ^ "Rescuers find more victims after a landslide in Ecuador, rising the death toll to 8". AP News. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  21. ^ "Ecuador reinstates visa requirement for Chinese travelers". Reuters. June 18, 2024.
  22. ^ "Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, leaving 17 million in the dark". CNN. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  23. ^ "Judge in Ecuador orders judges, attorneys and officials held in jail as part of corruption probe". Associated Press. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  24. ^ "A court rules that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through Ecuador's capital". Associated Press. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Five jailed for Ecuador presidential candidate's murder". BBC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Six tonnes of cocaine found in banana shipment". BBC. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  27. ^ "SitRep No. 4 – Incendios Forestales, del 23 de agosto de 2024 a la fecha" (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos de Ecuador. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  28. ^ "Ataques en serie a funcionarios del SNAI: la última víctima llegó grave a un hospital de Quito". www.extra.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  29. ^ "Ecuador. Inicia la preparación para el próximo Congreso Eucarístico Internacional" [Ecuador. Preparation begins for the next International Eucharistic Congress] (in Spanish). Vatican News. October 26, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  30. ^ "Ecuador prison director shot dead as she drove with coworker, second such killing this month". CBS News. 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  31. ^ "Ecuador capital 'under attack' from five wildfires". France 24. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  32. ^ "A truck crashes in Ecuador's Amazon killing 10 people". Associated Press. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  33. ^ a b "Ecuador's VP suspended for 150 days deepening rift with president as February election looms". Associated Press. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  34. ^ "Death toll of riot in Ecuador's largest and most dangerous prison rises to 17". Associated Press. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  35. ^ "El músico Diego Gallardo falleció por una bala perdida en medio del caos de violencia en Guayaquil". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  36. ^ "Ecuador prosecutor investigating TV studio attack shot dead in his vehicle, attorney general says - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  37. ^ K.G. (2024-02-08). "A manos de sicarios murió Diana Carnero, concejal de Ecuador". www.vanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  38. ^ "Ha muerto Jenny Estrada". La República EC (in Spanish). 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  39. ^ "Fallece Félix Aráuz, el 'artista de las caritas', a los 88 años". El Universo (in Spanish). 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  40. ^ "Ecuador Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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