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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Violent clash over fuel prices in Ecuador leaves 1 protester dead and 12 soldiers injured

Ecuador Protest - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A violent clash Sunday in Ecuador between law enforcement authorities and Indigenous people protesting the end of a fuel subsidy left one civilian dead and 12 soldiers injured.

The military and the national Indigenous organization behind the demonstrations traded blame for the violence that developed in the Andean community north of the capital, Quito. Ecuador’s ministries of Defense and Interior did not immediately acknowledge the protester’s death.

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