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Lenin Artieda was one of several journalists targeted by explosive devices mailed out across the country

One of the letter bombs sent to at least five news stations in violence-plagued Ecuador on Monday allegedly in an attempt to kill and silence journalists exploded without causing serious injury.   CBS News reports that the prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation into the crime of terrorism, but the office did not state why the news stations were specifically targeted, or by whom.  

The case now goes to the constitutional court, the highest judicial body in the country, which must decide if the process continues.

An Ecuadorian television presenter was wounded after a bomb disguised as a USB stick exploded in a Guayaquil, Ecuador, newsroom, according to multiple reports.

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

QUITO (Reuters) - Journalists at two news outlets in Ecuador have been sent envelopes containing electronic devices fitted with explosives, the attorney general said on Monday.

Ecuador’s CDH human rights watchdog condemned the attacks on media

Journalists at two news outlets in Ecuador have been sent envelopes containing electronic devices fitted with explosives, the attorney general said on Monday. The explosion at Ecuavisa television in Guayaquil, which police said was partial, occurred when journalist Lenin Artieda plugged the&#x2...

Quito: Two letter bombs were sent to TV stations in violence plagued Ecuador on Monday, one of which exploded without causing casualties as other medi...

Three Ecuador TV stations receive letter bombs, one explodes