JAKARTA - Ecuadorian judges ordered the release of five people detained the day before after President Daniel Noboa's convoy was stoned.
"The judge decided their detention was illegal and violated the legal process," defense attorney Yaku Perez told Reuters.
The government accused the five people of attempted murder and terrorism, although the prosecutor's office turned charges into "resistance" at Wednesday's hearing, according to Perez.
According to Perez, the four people detained were land defenders, while his client was an artist.
Noboa escaped an injury while driving through a rural town on Tuesday after his convoy was attacked by protesters with stones, breaking windows as vehicles accelerated.
The government called the incident an assassination attempt, while indigenous groups that carried out the road blockade blamed the government for the violence that occurred, claiming police and military attacked protesters.
Indigenous communities and other groups have been protesting since last month after Noboa ended its consumer solar price subsidy.
The protests then expanded, prompting Noboa to announce a state of emergency in several provinces in the country.
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