A strong explosion shortly from the huge prison of the city of Ecuador in Ecuador (southwest), in which organized crime is deeply rooted, claimed the life of a guard and injured two other people on Thursday.

The explosion took place in the early hours near the highest security prison, the largest in Latin American country where they are held by gang members as political accused of corruption.

Guardian of the detention center, who approached flame In which they had been exploded, he lost his life, while a police officer and passed were injured, authorities said.

The prosecution announced via x that an investigation is being carried out for possible ‘Terrorist’ action.

The explosion destroyed six cars and broke many windows of adjacent buildings, reporters from the French Agency found.

Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Police do not exclude the possibility that the explosion was act of retaliation of criminal organizations Following the “announcement made by the President about the development of Blackwater Olher Cortes, director of the Police Drug Enforcement Service, said during a press conference.

The President of the Ecuador Daniel Nomboa announced on Tuesday that it closed an agreement to form “Strategic Alliance” with Eric Prince, The founder of the US private military company that was once known under the name Blackwater – whose member killed 17 civilians in Baghdad in 2007-, in the context of his fight against her “Drugs”.

Mr Nokopa, in power since November 2023, a candidate for his re -election for a 4 -year term in the second round of the presidential election next month, did not clarify the terms of the agreement that was closed, nor exactly what he was providing.

Partly because of its geographical location, between Colombia and Peruthe two countries at the top of the world rankings in terms of production of cocaineand its strategic ports in the Pacific Ocean, the Ecuador, a country with a dollar economy, has been transformed into a theater of ruthless war between gangs mainly involved in drug trafficking in recent years.

The indicator of homicide in the state of Latin America took off, passing From 6 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2018 at 38 per 100,000 in 2024, after the horrifying record of 47 in 2023.