Overview
- The Madrid jury trial over a 2021 M‑30 death was suspended Thursday after one defendant vanished, with a search order active and the panel set to dissolve if he fails to appear by April 23.
- In Ecuador, a bus on the Cuenca–Molleturo route plunged off a bridge and burned Wednesday near Puente El Chorro, with at least 14 dead and 29 injured as crews finished rescue and recovery.
- Police in Lima are probing possible extortion ties after Wednesday night attacks on public transport that killed a driver and a passenger in Barrios Altos, killed a 19‑year‑old driver in Comas, and left another driver wounded in San Juan de Miraflores.
- In Mexico State early Thursday, a trolebús struck the Covadonga station in Chalco and injured about 20 people, with officials saying the driver tried to steer away from an open drain at the entrance.
- Investigators are weighing disputed technical evidence across cases, including camera‑based speed estimates up to 176 km/h in the M‑30 trial and unconfirmed brake, speed or road‑condition faults in the Ecuador crash.