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Prison director killed in attack as Ecuador votes in referendum focused on crime

The director of "El Rodeo" prison in Ecuador was killed in an attack.
The attack coincided with a referendum on President Daniel Noboa's crime-fighting agenda.
The referendum suggests allowing military patrols with police, extraditing Ecuadorians, and increasing penalties for violent crimes.

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Ecuador prison director killed as voters head to polls -govt

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean prison director Cosme Damian Parrales Merchan was killed on Sunday, the South American country's SNAI prisons agency said in a statement, even as citizens head to the polls to vote in a referendum over a raft of security measures. Read full story

13 days ago·Malaysia

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KRDO

Prison director killed in attack as Ecuador votes in referendum focused on crime

By Ana María Cañizares and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — The director of an Ecuadorian prison known as “El Rodeo” was killed Sunday in an attack that came as millions of people in the country headed to the polls for a referendum focused largely on President Daniel Noboa’s war on crime. The official was identified in a news release by Ecuador’s national prisons agency SNAI as Cosme Damián Parrales Merchán, the director of the Manabi region prison, bu…

13 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Prison director killed in attack as Ecuador votes in referendum focused on crime

13 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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South China Morning Post

Ecuador prison director killed as voters head to polls

Ecuador’s prisons agency did not give more details on the death of the prison director. Ecuadorans were voting in a referendum on proposed measures to fight surge in gang-related crime.

13 days ago·Hong Kong

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RTÉ

Ecuadorians approve new security measures in referendum

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has won significant voter support for a raft of security measures says will help him fight sharply increased crime, a quick vote tally by the national electoral council showed.

13 days ago·Ireland

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Zeit Online

Ecuador: President Noboa declares victory after referendum on security reform

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants to amend the constitution to extend his powers in the fight against crime. On the day of the vote, a murder occurred.

13 days ago·Germany

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