
The director of a prison in a region of Ecuador was killed in an armed attack, while two other employees were injured.
The attack targeted a vehicle carrying public officials in Soukubios province.
Alex Guevara, the director of the Succubus 1 prison, "unfortunately passed away", after not escaping his injuries, while his two companions were injured, foreign media reports.
The country has been declared in a state of "internal armed conflict" due to the clash of the gangs that are occupying it and intend to take control of the drug trafficking routes.
Ecuador registered a record homicide rate in 2023, reaching 47 per 100,000, while it did not exceed six homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2018.
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