2023 in Ecuador

5 February — 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum^[1]^[2]
26 February — Assassination of Eduardo Mendúa.
16 March — 2023 Guayas earthquake: A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400.^[3]
20 March — Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.^[4]
27 March — At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province.^[5]
28 March — Assassination of Nathaly López Borja.
17 May — 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
23 July — Assassination of Manta's mayor, Agustín Intriago.
9 August — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated by gunmen at a campaign rally in Quito.^[6]
10 August — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.^[7]
12 August —
- Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.^[8]
- Andrea González Náder, the running mate of assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is nominated by the Movimiento Construye party to run for president.^[9]
15 August — Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas.^[10]
20 August — First round of the 2023 Ecuadorian general election occurs.
3 September — Footballer Yarol Tafur is shot dead.^[11]
15 October —
- Ecuadorians vote in the second round of their presidential election, choosing between the candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa.^[12]
- The National Electoral Council declares Noboa as president-elect with González conceding defeat. Noboa is Ecuador's youngest president-elect.^[13]
22 December — Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum in Mexico.^[14]

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