May 29, Jins data, local time May 28, the Civil Aviation Administration of Ecuador reported that a small plane crashed in the coastal area of El Oro Province in the southern part of the country, killing 2 people and seriously injuring another. This is the fourth plane crash in Ecuador in nearly 2 months.

On May 11th, Jinshi Data reported that on May 10th local time, the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court ruled that the executive order signed by President Novoa on April 30th, declaring a new state of emergency in five provinces, was unconstitutional due to lack of factual, necessary, and applicable grounds. The ruling pointed out that Novoa did not provide factual elements in the decree and failed to prove the reasonableness of declaring a new state of emergency. On April 30th local time, President Novoa of Ecuador signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in five provinces: El Oro, Guayas, Los Rios, Manabi, and Santa Elena, for a period of 60 days.