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Ecuador authorities confiscate pigs, fighting cocks from prison
  + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/4] Members of Ecuador's security forces confiscate pigs in a high security jail, in Santo Domingo, Ecuador in this image released June 16, 2023 and obtained from social media. Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador via Twitter/via REUTERSJune 16 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean security forces have confiscated pigs, fighting cocks and more than two dozen bladed weapons, among other items, from a high-security wing of Bellavista prison in the city of Santo Domingo, the country's military said on Friday. Police and operatives of the SNAI prison authority were shown wheeling out two pigs from the prison in images shared by Ecuador's military in a message posted on Twitter. The authorities also removed 12 fighting cocks, 26 bladed weapons, 16 electrical items, and other objects, they tweeted, without saying how the animals ended up there. Ecuador's prisons are plagued by poor conditions and violence, the latter leading to the deaths of hundreds of inmates.
Persons: Oliver Griffin, Richard Chang Organizations: Twitter, REUTERS, . Police, Thomson Locations: Santo Domingo, Ecuador, del Ecuador
Petroecuador losing 3,500 barrels per day due to protests
  + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Companies Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador FollowQUITO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Ecuador's state oil company, Petroecuador, said on Saturday that it was losing an estimated 3,500 barrels of crude oil a day due to "vandalism" at two of its blocks, referring to recent Indigenous protests at the site. The Indigenous community argues it was not consulted about the new operation of the blocks by Petroecuador and made other social demands. Petroecuador took over production of the blocks at the start of this year. Petroecuador's production is around 393,000 barrels of oil per day, according to official data. Reporting by Alexandra Valencia in Quito Writing by Isabel Woodford Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Talking to a local media outlet on Monday, Santos acknowledged Petroecuador is not audited by an international firm and its financial reporting does not comply with international standards. Petroecuador began a tendering process to appoint an auditor in August, it said. "As the process is financed with international cooperation funds, the hiring must follow the guidelines established by the international organization," the company added. Former Energy Minister Xavier Vera resigned at the end of October over a separate investigation into allegations that he took bribes in exchange for jobs at Petroecuador. Reporting by Alexandra Valencia Writing by Oliver Griffin Editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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