Ecuadoran explosives experts defused a bomb on the streets of Guayaquil that criminals had strapped to a security guard after his employer refused to pay protection money, police and media said.
Local media reported the victim was a security guard at a jewelry store, and was allegedly taken after its owner refused to be shaken down by criminals.
President Guillermo Lasso has declared war on gangs who control the drug trade from prisons engulfed by extreme violence and riots that have left Ecuador has seen its murder rate jump from 14 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 to 25 per 100,000 in 2022.
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