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Images show police and army presence outside the South Naval Hospital and the ‚La Roca‘ maximum security prison, in Guayaquil, as Ecuador’s ex-vice president Jorge Glas, whose capture in a raid on Mexico’s embassy in Quito sparked an outcry, is returned to the prison after a short hospitalization. IMAGES

Images outside the Naval Hospital in Guayaquil where former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas was hospitalized after refusing to eat in prison. Glas, who had been granted political asylum at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, was arrested by Ecuadorian police Friday over corruption charges in a raid on the embassy that sparked a wave of international criticism. IMAGES

Images of police deployed in front of the prosecutor’s office in Quito, Ecuador, as former vice-president Jorge Glas awaits transfer to prison. Mexico says it has cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed the country’s embassy in Quito to arrest Glas who was taking refuge there. IMAGES

Convoy transporting arrested former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas leaves prosecutor’s office in Quito. Ecuadoran authorities stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum there, prompting Mexico to sever diplomatic ties after the „violation of international law“. IMAGES

Images of the Mexican embassy in Quito after Ecuador asked the country’s ambassador to leave the country, declaring her „persona non grata“ over President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s of Ecuador’s elections in which a candidate was assassinated. IMAGES

A volcano on an uninhabited island of Ecuador’s famous Galapagos archipelago is spewing lava, potentially threatening an array of unique animal species, according to authorities. La Cumbre, which stands 1,463 meters (4,799 feet) high, has erupted three times previously since 2017. IMAGES

General Laura Richardson, commander of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), arrives at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador. A US government delegation, led by Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas to Joe Biden’s administration, Christopher Dodd, is beginning a three-day visit to discuss plans for security cooperation between the two countries. IMAGES

Der EU-Außenbeauftragte Borrell hat am Montag eine Zweistaatenlösung für Israel und die Palästinenser gefordert. In Donezk wurden am Sonntag mindestens 27 Menschen bei einem Angriff getötet. Bei dem Absturz eines russischen Privatjets in Afghanistan kamen zwei Personen ums Leben. In Ecuador wurden 68 mutmaßliche Bandenmitglieder verhaftet. Bei einem Erdrutsch in China wurden zwei Menschen getötet und Dutzende weitere verschüttet. Die …

Police in Ecuador arrest 68 suspected members of a criminal group that tried to take control of a hospital in a town in Guayas (southwest), as the country wages a war on drugs with thousands of military personnel deployed. IMAGES

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa leaves the Guayas governor’s office building in the port city of Guayaquil after a meeting with officials from the State and Public Safety Council. Noboa imposed a state of emergency and nightly curfew following the escape from prison of gang boss Adolfo Macias, alias „Fito“, and has vowed to wage „war“ on the country’s powerful criminal …

Relatives and friends attend funeral of prosecutor Cesar Suarez who was was gunned down in his car on the streets of the port city of Guayaquil, which has become a dangerous hub for the export of cocaine from neighboring countries. IMAGES