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, and 17 military personnel were taken hostage, the government said.
- After the government announced the end of a diesel subsidy, nationwide protests intensified and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador called a national strike now in its eighth day.
- Carolina Jaramillo said attackers used Molotov cocktails and other weapons as about 350 people ambushed the convoy, while approximately 50 soldiers tried to repel them and photos showed smashed windscreens.
- The Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office said it would investigate the alleged death and open a preliminary probe as the government declared a state of emergency in eight provinces and curfews in five.
- Noboa said `They resist Ecuador's progress and chose violence`, the presidency called the attack a 'terrorist act,' and CONAIE denied terrorism, calling the death a 'state crime' and rejecting criminal labels.
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Diplomats and representatives of international organizations accompanied the President of Ecuador in the mission, which aimed to bring help to affected families in the province of Imbabura
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.
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