Ecuador: Guayaquil blast 'declaration of war' by gangs - officials
Source: BBC
Ecuador: Guayaquil blast 'declaration of war' by gangs - officials
By Tiffany Wertheimer
BBC News
15 August 2022
Government officials in Ecuador have blamed a deadly explosion in the port city of Guayaquil on organised crime.
At least five people were killed and 26 more injured in the blast on Sunday.
Ecuador's interior minister said it was a "declaration of war" by criminal gangs against the government.
The Andean country, which is used as a cocaine smuggling route from neighbouring Peru and Colombia, has seen a sharp rise in murders and gang-related crime recently.
A state of emergency has been declared in Guayaquil, ...
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Ecuador has been rocked by waves of gang-related violence recently (Getty Images)
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