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SAA event in Guayas, Guayaquil - Urdaneta area, Ecuador on Thu 1st January 2026

1st January 2026

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On 1 January 2026, in Guayaquil - Urdaneta (Guayas), an unknown number of armed assailants on a motorized tricycle fatally shot a police officer in a drive-by shooting on Street M. The police officer succumbed to his injuries, and another person was injured in the attack but survived. No arrests were made. 1 fatality.

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Ecuador (ECU)

Guayas ( Guayaquil - Urdaneta area )

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