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...least 20 Ecuadorans have been arrested and have confessed their role in the machete attack on three Harvard ornithologists in the jungle near Cuenca Saturday, according to a spokesman for the American Embassy in Quito...
...Paynters and Norton were taken to St. Vincent De Paul Hospital in Cue Ca, the Azuay capital, 190 miles south of Quito. The Paynters are reported in serious condition but are expected to live. Paynter is suffering from machete cuts on his head and his left arm is broken in several places. His wife has cuts on her head and arms. Norton is reported in good condition, having suffered arm injuries...
LUIS W. LEVY Quito, Ecuador...
...Quito, Vaughn insisted that handicraft workers witness the ceremony when he signed a $3,000,000 loan for artisan credits...
...Quito and 170 miles away in the main port of Guayaquil, thousands of high school and university students, representing a wide swath of political orientation, poured into downtown streets, slinging rocks and chanting "Abajo la dictadura!" and "Viva la constitución!" Army troops and marines moved in with tear gas and clubs, arresting scores of demonstrators. Sixteen political leaders were rounded up and deported, and in Guayaquil, where two high school students were killed by stray bullets, the junta declared martial...