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Mayor of Guayaquil Returns to Maximum Security Prison After Undergoing Medical Tests

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Quito, 8 Jul (EFE).- The National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Persons Deprived of Liberty of Ecuador (SNAI) reported on Wednesday that the mayor of Guayaquil, Achilles Alvarez, was transferred from the country’s maximum security prison to a hospital to undergo “additional medical examinations related to the functioning of his vesicle.” The mayor of the country’s most populous city and one of President Daniel Noboa’s main opponents has …

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Quito, 8 Jul (EFE).- The National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Persons Deprived of Liberty of Ecuador (SNAI) reported on Wednesday that the mayor of Guayaquil, Achilles Alvarez, was transferred from the country’s maximum security prison to a hospital to undergo “additional medical examinations related to the functioning of his vesicle.” The mayor of the country’s most populous city and one of President Daniel Noboa’s main opponents has …

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The jailed mayor of Guayaquil is transferred to a health center for medical analysis

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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On the morning of this Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the mayor of Guayaquil, Achilles Alvarez, was transferred from the Encuentro prison in Santa Elena to a clinic in southern Guayaquil.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Quito, 8 Jul (Prensa Latina) The mayor of the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, Achilles Álvarez, returned to prison today after receiving the discharge doctor, in the midst of a controversy between the government and its defense over the attention received by the politician. The post Ecuadorian mayor returns to prison after medical emergency first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

The National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) transferred the mayor of Guayaquil, Achilles Alvarez, from the Encuentro Prison to a private clinic for urgent medical examinations in his vesicle. The operation was carried out in police and military custody, although his defense denounced that it was not previously notified. This transfer takes place two days after the justice system ratified his pretrial det…

What you need to know More than 100 sympathizers await news from Achilles Álvarez outside a Guayaquil clinic.SNAI reported that Achilles Álvarez was transferred for medical examinations because of his gallbladder.The defense of the mayor of Guayaquil alerts about his health and a possible medical intervention.More than 100 people remain in the morning and afternoon of this Wednesday, July 8, in the exterior of the health home of Guayaquil where …

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El Universo broke the news in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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