Overview

• Energy Minister Ines Manzano said five suspects were detained after the Cañar convoy attack and will face terrorism and attempted murder charges.
• Officials said President Daniel Noboa was unhurt, and investigators found bullet damage on his vehicle after a crowd of roughly 500 people threw rocks.
• The presidency released video of the convoy route strewn with debris and pledged legal consequences for those responsible for the violence.
• Indigenous organizations leading the fuel-price demonstrations reject the terrorism label and accuse the government of provoking the incident by entering a declared resistance zone.
• The attack follows a September ambush on Noboa’s motorcade in Imbabura involving rocks, fireworks and molotov cocktails, as recent clashes left one civilian dead.