Ecuador: Two homemade bombs attack a market north of Quito

The attack with two homemade bombs on a market selling food in the north of Quito, Ecuadorwhich left no damage or victims, was added to a series of attacks with four car bombs and other explosive devices in several cities that have Ecuadorians on edge.

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Two bottles of fuel and burning rags were thrown late Friday into the parking lot of a market where citizens stock up on fresh food, police confirmed to reporters on Saturday.

Authorities said they were seeking to determine the circumstances and those responsible for the stroke.

Images circulating on social networks reproduced by local media show the flames in an outside part of the market near the vehicles. These types of homemade bombs light up and extinguish once the fuel contained in the bottle is consumed, explained the police.

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In an unprecedented event, two car bombs exploded in commercial and financial areas of the capital this week. The authorities reported that there are ten people detained as alleged perpetrators of these two events allegedly accused of terrorism.

Others two car bombs They exploded in two cities in the coastal province of El Oro, where there was also the explosion of a domestic gas tank with dynamite under a bridge. The same thing happened on a bridge in the Amazon city of Tena, in the province of Napo, and an explosive device affected a vehicle in Cuenca, in the province of Azuay. None of the explosions left victims or injured.

According to the authorities, these violent acts would be generated by reactions of criminal groups that intend to “intimidate the State”, which seeks to regain control of the prisons where, according to what they say, leaders of these gangs exercise dominance.

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While, 57 prison guards and police who had been held since Thursday in six jails in the country were released on Friday. This act was also considered by the Service for Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) as a response by criminal groups to interventions in detention centers.

Ecuador’s prison system is under the control of organized crime organizations from which hitmen are ordered, kidnappings, robberies and extortions, according to the authorities. The power dispute between gangs has turned these centers into scenes of violent confrontations that have left more than 400 prisoners murdered since 2021.

Ecuador It is going through the worst crisis of violence and insecurity in its history. One of the episodes that recently shocked the nation was the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at the beginning of August, after a political event. Also the candidate Luisa González, who went to the second electoral round on October 15, announced on Friday that there is an alert for an alleged attempt to kill her.

Source: Elcomercio

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