Overview

• Officials say about 500 people confronted the convoy in El Tambo, throwing stones, and reported signs of bullet damage to the president’s vehicle.
• Environment and Energy Minister Inés Manzano filed a formal attempted‑murder complaint, and authorities detained five suspects to face terrorism and attempted‑murder charges.
• CONAIE denied promoting an attack and accused security forces of repression and arbitrary detentions during the ongoing national mobilization.
• The protests, now in their 16th day, began after diesel rose from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon and have left at least one person dead, about 150 injured, and roughly 100 detained.
• Citing radicalization of unrest, President Daniel Noboa declared a 60‑day state of exception in ten provinces and suspended freedom of assembly, warning that those seeking to seize Quito will face the law.