2024 in Ecuador
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Events in the year 2024 in Ecuador.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 9 January – 2024 conflict in Ecuador: President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros drug cartel, from prison. The gangsters storm a TC Televisión newsroom in Guayaquil and launch a series of riots, kidnappings and explosions across the country.[1]
- 14 January – 2024 Ecuadorian conflict: All 178 prison employees who were held hostage in at least seven prisons are released.[2]
- 15 January – Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas.[3]
- 18 January – Public prosecutor Cesar Suarez who was investigating the gang attack on television, is killed.[4]
- 9 February – Councilwoman Diana Carnero is killed.[5]
Scheduled events[edit]
- September 8–15 – 53rd International Eucharistic Congress at Quito[6]
Deaths[edit]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[7]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 12–13 February – Carnival
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 24 May – Battle of Pichincha
- 10 August – National Day Holiday
- 9 October – Independence of Guayaquil
- 1 November – All Souls' Day
- 3 November – Independence of Cuenca
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References[edit]
- ^ "Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate". AP News. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "Ecuador prison staff held hostage by inmates all freed". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Ecuador: 48 prison inmates escape, only 5 recaptured". MercoPress. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV studio shot dead". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ "Ecuador arrests 6,000 people in month-long gang crackdown". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Ecuador. Inicia la preparación para el próximo Congreso Eucarístico Internacional" [Ecuador. Preparation begins for the next International Eucharistic Congress] (in Spanish). Vatican News. October 26, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ "Ecuador Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
External links[edit]
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