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Ecuadorian foreign minister faces political prosecution

Published on: July 2, 2024
08:17

Quito, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The Oversight Commission of the National Assembly of Ecuador will analyze a request for prosecution against Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld due to the violent police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

Türkiye dismantles cryptocurrency scam network

Published on: May 30, 2024
15:00

Ankara, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Türkiye’s security forces dismantled on Thursday a scam network which invested in cryptocurrencies, leading to losses of a billion dollars to investors.

Mexico expects Ecuador to be sanctioned for storming into embassy

Published on: May 7, 2024
14:51

Mexico City, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Mexico is expecting the Ecuadorian government to be punished for the police raid on its embassy in Quito, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, while describing this act as authoritarian and overbearing.

Belize pleased with biggest arms bust in history

Published on: April 19, 2024
16:52

Belmopan,Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Belize´s Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa praised the police for making one of the biggest busts of high-powered firearms in the history of the nation as discussions continue at the Cabinet level on whther to extend a state of emergency that expires coming Friday.

Cuba repeats its willingness to clarify kidnapped doctors’ situation

Published on: April 12, 2024
13:21

Havana, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Friday expressed its willingness to continue to take steps to clarify the situation of Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, who were doctors kidnapped and and are presumed dead.

Glas plans to meet with German consul in Ecuador

Published on: April 12, 2024
12:27

Quito, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas plans to meet with the consul of Germany here to discuss his legal situation, while he is being held in a maximum security prison. During the habeas corpus hearing for Glas's defense, the former official noted that the European country is seeking to establish contact with him because he is a German citizen.

Former vice president Glas held in maximum-security prison in Ecuador

Published on: April 6, 2024
12:53

Quito, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was detained after a raid on the Mexican Embassy in this capital, was transferred to a maximum security prison in the city of Guayaquil on Saturday, official sources said.

Maduro calls raid on Mexican Embassy in Quito a barbaric act

Published on: April 6, 2024
12:39

Caracas, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) As an act of barbarism and something never seen in Latin America, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday described the raid by Ecuadorian security forces into the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

Ecuadorian Gov’t confirms arrest of former Vice President Jorge Glas

Published on: April 6, 2024
07:27

Quito, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Ecuador confirmed the arrest of former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday, in an operation at the Mexican Embassy in this capital, where the politician had taken asylum and the police broke in by force.

Guatemalan Gov’t launches big raid in a prison against extortions

Published on: January 25, 2024
17:01

Guatemala City, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s Interior Ministry conducted on Thursday the first large-scale raid in the capital's Granja Penal Pavon, located in the municipality of Fraijanes, against extortion from that place.

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