US EditionEcuador Detains Five After Alleged Presidential Assassination Attempt
President Noboa's motorcade was attacked by around 500 protesters amid fuel subsidy cuts, with five arrests and charges of terrorism and attempted murder reported by authorities.
- Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa survived an assassination attempt when over 500 people attacked his convoy in Cañar province, throwing rocks at his vehicle.
- Five individuals have been detained in connection with the attack, which Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano described as an assassination attempt.
- President Noboa pledged to uphold law and order, stating that such actions will not be tolerated and emphasized the law applies to everyone in the new Ecuador.
- Protests against the removal of diesel subsidies, led by the national Indigenous federation CONAIE, have intensified and resulted in a state of emergency being declared in several regions.
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Alleged assassination attempt on Ecuador's Noboa exposes growing rural unrest
QUITO - Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa escaped injury after his convoy was attacked by protesters in a rural town on Tuesday, in what the government is labeling an assassination attempt, highlighting the country's growing political tensions. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Five people were arrested Tuesday after an ambush that the Ecuadorian government denounced as an attempt to assassinate President Daniel Noboa
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Noboa's motorcade attacked with rocks in Ecuador. Government calls it an assassination attempt
The Cabinet of Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has denounced protesters who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling it an assassination attempt.
Rising diesel prices, but also the authoritarian course of Daniel Noboa in the fight against crime provide resistance. Increasingly, the protests result in violence.
Indigenous protesters tried to assassinate Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, whose vehicle was attacked on Tuesday during an anti-government demonstration, said Defence Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo on Wednesday.
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