Latest Guayaquil News

Ecuadorian police probe if bodies found are of missing children allegedly taken by soldiers

Dec. 24, 2024 20:54 PM EST

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian police on Tuesday found an undisclosed number of bodies in an area close to a military base, officials said, and were investigating whether the bodies could be of some of the four children who were last seen taken by men in military uniform earlier this month....

Surveillance videos appear to show 2 of 4 missing Ecuadorian kids taken by men in military uniform

Dec. 23, 2024 19:08 PM EST

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Monday pledged that his government would not cover up for anyone involved in the disappearance of four children who were last seen running away from a military convoy earlier this month. The statement came as Noboa's...

Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry

Dec. 04, 2024 00:12 AM EST

SALCEDO, Ecuador (AP) — Ice-cream production in Salcedo, a quaint town in Ecuador's central highlands, began in the mid-20th century, born from the ingenuity of Franciscan nuns. Locals say the sisters would drink fruit shakes made with milk from the region’s dairy farms until one...

At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador's largest prison

Nov. 12, 2024 22:35 PM EST

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, in the bloodiest prison episode faced by President Daniel Noboa’s government. Authorities attributed the outbreak to internal...