US EditionViolent clash over fuel prices in Ecuador leaves 1 protester dead and 12 soldiers injured
- A violent clash in Ecuador resulted in one protester dead and 12 soldiers injured during protests against the end of a fuel subsidy.
- The Regional Foundation for Human Rights Advice reported that the male protester 'died after being shot.'
- The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador stated the protester was killed due to government 'repression' and reported that another demonstrator is 'in critical condition.'
- Ecuador's Prosecutor's Office announced an investigation into the unlawful use of force in the incident to 'guarantee the objectivity of the process.
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In the ongoing protests of indigenous people in Ecuador, at least one demonstrator has been killed.
A dead indigenous community member and 12 wounded soldiers is the tragic result of a violent day of protests in the framework of the national strike called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) against the elimination of the subsidy to diesel, and that this Sunday 28 September it was seven days. Efraín Fuerez , a 46-year-old Kichwa community member, was injured in the midst of a confrontation with the Armed Forces,…
People in Ecuador have been protesting against the government's policies for a week now. Demonstrations are escalating. Indigenous groups speak of state violence.
Violence erupts as Ecuador ends diesel subsidy, prices soar
QUITO, Ecuador — A violent clash Sunday in Ecuador between law enforcement authorities and Indigenous people protesting the end of a fuel subsidy left one civilian dead and 12 soldiers injured. The military and the national Indigenous organization behind the demonstrations traded blame for the violence. This developed in the Andean community north of the capital, Quito. Ecuador’s ministries of Defense and Interior did not immediately acknowledge…
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Violent clash over fuel prices in Ecuador leaves 1 protester dead and 12 soldiers injured
A violent clash between law enforcement and indigenous protesters in Ecuador has left one civilian dead and 12 soldiers injured.
In the midst of the national strike that is taking place in Ecuador in protest of the elimination of the subsidy to diesel, social and indigenous organizations reported the death of the indigenous community member Efraín Fueres, 47 years old.According to the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), an organization that would have called for the strike, the community member Kichwa was “cracked with three gunshot wounds by me…
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