By Ana María Cañizares and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — The director of an Ecuadorian prison known as “El Rodeo” was killed Sunday in an attack that came as millions of people in the country headed to the polls for a referendum focused largely on President Daniel Noboa’s war on crime. The official was identified
More than 13 million Ecuadorians are expected to head to the polls Sunday for a referendum dominated by security issues, in a vote that could shape the political future of President Daniel Noboa and his tough-on-crime agenda. Noboa, the son of a banana tycoon, swept into office last November as the youngest president in Ecuador’s history on the back of a promise to rein in the rampant crime that has transformed the once tranquil country into one plagued by violence and turf wars between drug...
The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead Friday, the second such killings in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organized crime, police said.
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians approve referendum measures to toughen fight against gangs and violence, according to official quick count.
Belén Liotti (CNN) — El director de una prisión ecuatoriana conocida como “El Rodeo” murió este domingo víctima de un ataque que se produjo mientras millones de personas en el país se dirigían a las urnas para un referéndum centrado en gran medida en la guerra contra el crimen del presidente Daniel Noboa. El funcionario
Belén Liotti (CNN) — El director de una prisión ecuatoriana conocida como “El Rodeo” murió este domingo víctima de un ataque que se produjo mientras millones de personas en el país se dirigían a las urnas para un referéndum centrado en gran medida en la guerra contra el crimen del presidente Daniel Noboa. El funcionario
Belén Liotti (CNN) — El director de una prisión ecuatoriana conocida como “El Rodeo” murió este domingo víctima de un ataque que se produjo mientras millones de personas en el país se dirigían a las urnas para un referéndum centrado en gran medida en la guerra contra el crimen del presidente Daniel Noboa. El funcionario
Mayor Jorge Maldonado was shot dead in Portovelo, Ecuador just days before a referendum on tougher measures against organized crime in the violence-riddled country
Professor Sir John Curtice pointed to the overwhelmingly anti-Brexit views of Labour voters and younger generations as he argued the issue has not been settled.