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Ecuador suspends mountain-climbing after deadly avalanche

The restrictions will remain in force until the weather improves, the ministry added

Directors with Ecuador's emergency services coordinate rescue operations following an avalanche on Chimborazo volcano on October 24, 2021. Photo: The Bangkok Post
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3 dead, 3 missing after avalanche on Ecuador volcano: officials

Inmates of the Regional de Guayaquil prison hold banners reading "We want peace," "The law is killing us," "Peace, no to violence" after unrest was reported since the country's worst-ever riots broke out a few days ago at the Penitenciaria del Litoral, in Guayaquil, Ecuador October 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Seven prisoners found dead in Ecuador jail affected by riots

Police walk out the Regional de Guayaquil prison after unrest was reported since the country's worst-ever riots broke out a few days ago at the Penitenciaria del Litoral, in Guayaquil, Ecuador October 2, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Ecuador police, military enter Guayaquil jail amid violence

Members of the military stand guard outside the Penitenciaria del Litoral days after a deadly riot broke out at the prison, in Guayaquil, Ecuador October 01, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Ecuador to pardon thousands after 118 die in worst-ever prison riot

Army soldiers check an ambulance driver at the Penitenciaria del Litoral jail after prisoners died and others were injured in a riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador, September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino
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Death toll in Ecuador prison riot rises to 116, six decapitated

Army soldiers check an ambulance driver at the Penitenciaria del Litoral jail after prisoners died and others were injured in a riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador, September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Death toll in Ecuador prison riot rises to 116, six decapitated

Firefighters arrive outside the Cotopaxi No 1 penitentiary where several inmates were killed and police officers injured during a riot, in Latacunga, Ecuador July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Alarcon
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Ecuador says at least 22 inmates die in two prison riots

Soldier stand guard outside a prison where inmates were killed during a riot that the government described as a concerted action by criminal organisations, in Guayaquil, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino
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Ecuador raises death toll from prison riots to 79; police chief warns of new riot

Police set up barricades outside the offices of the Forensic Medicine and Forensic Science institute after the bodies of several inmates, who died after a riot broke out at a local prison, were brought in, in Cuenca, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Fabiola Cedillo
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Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead

Aerial view of Tortuga Bay area, in Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, located in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) west of Ecuador. Photo: AFP
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Scientists discover 30 new species in Galapagos depths

Health workers wearing protective gear bring a dead body past a refrigerated container outside of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 3/ Reuters
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Torment in Ecuador: virus dead piled up in bathrooms

A man wears a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in the metro in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Photo: AP via UNB
Coronavirus chronicle

Ecuador reports 1st new virus case; Mexico confirms 2 more