Officials have framed the string of explosions as backlash to efforts to regain control of Ecuador’s embattled prisons. Source: Latest bridge bombing in Ecuador underscores grip of criminal gangs Category: News
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Criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives Friday to damage a bridge, authorities said, demonstrating their grip on the South American country where prison inmates took dozens of law enforcement officers hostage less than two days earlier. Source: An explosion in Ecuador is seen as gangs asserting power after inmates take hostages
Ecuadorians will take to the polls Sunday to elect their next president. The election comes after one of the candidates was assassinated earlier this month while leaving a campaign rally. The election season has been marked by violence. Cristian Benavides has more. Source: Ecuador to elect new president weeks after candidate assassinated