Ecuador: assassination of the prosecutor investigating the hostage-taking on a TV set


Europe 1 with AFP

The prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the irruption of armed men live on the set of an Ecuadorian public television channel on January 9, briefly taking journalists and other employees hostage, was assassinated, a announced the prosecution on Wednesday.

This Wednesday, the Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office announced that the prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the irruption of armed men live on the set of a public television channel, on January 9, briefly taking journalists and journalists hostage. other employees, was murdered.

13 attackers arrested

The live irruption of heavily armed men, pinning journalists and employees of the TC channel to the ground under threat in Guayaquil, in the south-west of Ecuador, shocked the country faced with a wave of violence triggered by the drug trafficking gangs. The police quickly intervened and arrested 13 attackers, without causing any casualties.



Source link -75