Wave of Letter Bombs Targeting Journalists in Ecuador

Journalists in Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post, with at least five different organisations receiving the letters. One presenter was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. The Ecuadorean attorney-general's department confirmed it had opened a terrorism investigation into the letters. Ecuador has experienced an increase in violence, which its President, Guillermo Lasso, said is a result of competition between drug trafficking gangs for territory and control.