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<p>The police arrested five people who are allegedly related to the events. During raids on residences, authorities also confiscated firearms and ammunition.</p>
The first contaminated container had shrimp bound for Spain. Upon the alert of sniffing dog Basil, agents from the Police Ports and Airports Investigation Unit proceeded to a thorough search of the interior and found 1,245 rectangular-shaped packages in 19 bundles that tested positive for cocaine hydrochloride, Ecuadorian daily El Universo reported.
The latest prison massacre on April 3, 2022 in the El Turi prison in the southern Ecuadorian city of Cuenca resulted in the deaths of 20 people. Ten people were also injured and taken to hospitals, at least five of them in critical condition. Ecuadorian authorities blamed the violence on the leaders of criminal gangs vying for control of prisons.
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.
Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.