Deposed president flees Ecuador

OUSTED President Lucio Gutierrez left Ecuador aboard a Brazilian air force plane yesterday, flying to exile in Brazil four days after he was toppled at the end of a week of massive street protests.

Gutierrez left with his family after being whisked out of the Brazilian ambassador’s residence before dawn.

Though there had been fears of violence, none was reported as Gutierrez left the ambassador’s residence, where he had been besieged by angry protesters much of the time since Congress voted to remove him from office on Wednesday.