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"Everything seems to suggest that this was a planned and coordinated attack with the aim of undermining the work of the national media and sowing fear in newsrooms in general. It ratchets up the climate of insecurity and self-censorship that is becoming part of the life of journalists in Ecuador."

There is a recent phenomenon where targeted individuals, particularly journalists,  counterterrorism experts, members of law enforcement and intelligence agencies are falling victims of explosive-fitted USB drives.

The Fundamedios NGO which advocates for press freedom, said the three "attacks used the same modus operandi."

Local journalists report receiving envelopes containing small explosives disguised as everyday electronic devices.

QUITO: Two letter bombs were sent to TV stations in violence-plagued Ecuador on Monday, one of which exploded without causing casualties as other media also received suspect envelopes, officials and...

QUITO - Journalists at various news outlets in Ecuador have been sent envelopes containing electronic devices fitted with explosives, the attorney general's office said on Monday (March 20), adding it has opened a terrorism investigation in the incidents. The envelopes sent to journalists had similar characteristics and the same contents and so would be investigated jointly, the attorney general's office...

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QUITO - Letter bombs were sent to at least five journalists working in TV and radio stations in violence-plagued Ecuador Monday, one of which exploded without causing serious injury, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said.

One journalist received a USB stick which exploded when he inserted it into a computer, his employer said.

The prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation into the crime of terrorism, without stating why the news stations were specifically targeted, or by whom