Ecuador: SNAI confirms that 30 military-dressed subjects attacked new prison construction area

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What began as a high security project ended in a Christmas of horror: a deadly attack and wave of suspicion

Radio La Calle

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Quito, 26 Dec (La Calle).- A violent attack on the grounds where the new Encuentro Prison is being built, in the commune of Juntas del Pacífico, south of Santa Elena. The incident left a dead worker, another wounded, and five people kidnapped, who were later released by the intervention of the security forces. The attack occurred on December 25 at the hands of 30 men dressed in military uniforms. The aggressors broke into the construction work, …

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An explosive attack in the construction of a maximum security prison in the province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, left a dead person and one injured. The attack occurred on Wednesday and was executed by a group of armed men, according to the (SNAI). According to the official report, the attackers entered the site violently and detonated several explosive devices. The death victim was a construction worker, while another was injured. SNAI described t…

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Attacked with explosives in place where a megacarcel is built in Ecuador leaves a dead family of 4 children missing in Ecuador give data to compare with burned bodies.Some thirty subjects dressed as soldiers participated on Wednesday in an attack, which left a deceased person, in an area on the Ecuadorian coast where a maximum security prison is built, assured the National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Adult Persons Deprived of Liberty a…

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A dead worker and another injured man left an explosive attack on Wednesday at the site of a maximum security prison on the coast of Ecuador, a fact that the presidency called a “terrorist act”. “On the morning of this 25th December 2024, a group of armed men committed a terrorist act by violently entering the building site of the new detention centre in Santa Elena, where they detonated explosive devices,” the president said in a statement. He …

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In the early morning hours of 25 December, an armed group of 30 people disguised as soldiers caused explosions on the grounds of the upcoming St. Helena Encuentro prison, leaving one death victim and five abductees (the camp leader, a systems engineer, a hydro-sanitary technician and two security guards), who were subsequently released.