QUITO, Ecuador — The Cabinet of Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday denounced protesters who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling it an assassination attempt, as investigators remained silent about Tuesday's attack.

Late Wednesday, however, Ecuador's Attorney General's Office announced that a judge had declared the arrest of five suspects illegal and ordered their release. The office said on the social platform X that the judge's decision kept it from bringing charges against them.

Noboa declared a state of emergency Sunday across 10 provinces after the removal of a fuel subsidy triggered two weeks of anti-government demonstrations organized by Ecuador’s largest Indigenous group. Diesel prices have since risen from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon.

The past three administrations hav

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