By The Associated Press A bomb threat has sent an anti-explosives unit into a bustling area of Ecuador’s tense capital as the South American nation staggers under a spike of violence blamed on drug gangs. Source: Violence rattles Ecuador as a nightclub arson kills 2 and a bomb scare sparks an evacuation Category: World
President Noboa has deployed soldiers to take on criminal gangs amid an unprecedented wave of violence. Source: Ecuador president defies gangs to take on the army
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