{"id":285732,"date":"2025-10-08T05:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/285732\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:38:14","slug":"five-arrested-after-alleged-assassination-attempt-on-ecuador-president-noboa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/285732\/","title":{"rendered":"Five arrested after alleged \u2018assassination attempt\u2019 on Ecuador President Noboa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five people have been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa<\/a>, according to the country\u2019s energy minister Ines Manzano.<\/p>\n

Noboa\u2019s car was surrounded by a group of around 500 people throwing rocks as he traveled in a convoy to Ca\u00f1ar province, where he was scheduled to announce a set of infrastructure projects, the minister said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Signs of bullet damage were later found on the car, according to the minister, but Noboa was not hurt in the attack.<\/p>\n

A video released by the Ecuadorian presidency shows hundreds of people on both sides of the road, many waving arms and shouting, surging forward as the motorcade approaches. Members of the crowd throw rocks toward the vehicles, hitting and cracking some of the windows. In the background, a panicked voice can be heard warning passengers to duck.<\/p>\n

Authorities said those detained will face terrorism and attempted murder charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cShooting at the president\u2019s car, throwing stones, damaging state property \u2013 that\u2019s just criminal,\u201d Manzano said Tuesday after formally filing a report of an assassination attempt against Noboa, according to Reuters. \u201cWe will not allow this.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is not the first time a convoy carrying Noboa has been attacked. In September, roughly 350 people attacked a motorcade carrying the president and diplomats during a protest in Imbabura province, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the attackers ambushed the convoy with fireworks, molotov cocktails and rocks.<\/p>\n

The attacks come amid unrest in Ecuador sparked by the government saying it would end a subsidy on diesel to reduce public spending, curb fuel smuggling and free up funds for social programs.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, demonstrators led mostly by Ecuador\u2019s Indigenous community have blocked roads and clashed with security forces, with one incident a week ago leaving one civilian dead and several injured.<\/p>\n

The presidency claims \u201cterrorist groups\u201d have infiltrated the demonstrations, but protesters argue the government is violently repressing dissent over the new fuel policy.<\/p>\n

Indigenous leaders have also accused the government of allowing unchecked mining and oil drilling on ancestral lands.<\/p>\n

Following Tuesday\u2019s incident, national Indigenous confederation CONAIE again accused the government of violence toward demonstrators, saying in a post on X that the five detained people were protesters who \u2013 alongside elderly women \u2013 had been attacked in a \u201cbrutal police and military action.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the weekend, the government declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces where there have been protests, citing \u201cserious internal unrest,\u201d but it has not prohibited peaceful demonstrations. The provinces affected have large Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n

Noboa has insisted the fuel subsidy cut is here to stay. \u201cThose who choose violence will face the law. Those who act like criminals will be treated as criminals,\u201d the president said Sunday on X.<\/p>\n

With additional reporting from Michael Rios and Ana Mar\u00eda Ca\u00f1izares.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n

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