US EditionConvoy Carrying Ecuadorian President Attacked During Protests, Officials Say
About 350 protesters attacked President Noboa's convoy with Molotov cocktails and fireworks, leading to injuries, hostage-taking of 17 soldiers, and one fatal shooting, officials said.
- On Sunday, President Daniel Noboa's convoy was ambushed in Cotacachi, Imbabura, while distributing humanitarian supplies, taking 17 military personnel hostage, the government said.
- After the government announced the end of a diesel subsidy, nationwide protests intensified as the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador called an indefinite national strike now in its eighth day.
- Carolina Jaramillo said attackers used Molotov cocktails and rocks, with about 350 ambushing the convoy while approximately 50 soldiers tried to repel them; photos showed smashed windscreens on convoy vehicles.
- The Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office said it would investigate the alleged death of Efrain Fuerez, Indigenous community member, and open a preliminary probe under international protocols while the government declared a state of emergency in eight provinces and imposed curfews in five.
- President Noboa said `They resist Ecuador's progress and chose violence`, alleged Tren de Aragua's involvement, and warned of terrorism charges, while CONAIE called the killing a 'state crime' and rejected terrorism labels.
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A convoy loaded with humanitarian aid led by the President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, was attacked on Sunday night as he entered the province of Imbabura, according to the government, in the midst of protests and mobilizations...
In videos released by the Presidency of the Republic, the ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and of Italy in Ecuador described the attack on the convoy of food and supplies that led, on the night of last Sunday, 28 September, President Daniel Noboa, and that was headed to the province of Imbabura.
Daniel Nobua was traveling with foreign representatives in a convoy distributing aid in areas affected by a general strike by indigenous groups, and his government says it was attacked by gunmen with Molotov cocktails. The protesters, who are protesting the abolition of fuel subsidies, said soldiers opened fire on them, killing one of them.
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