The prosecutor's office has opened a terrorism investigation, without stating why the news stations were specifically targeted, or by whom.
Letter bombs have been sent to at least five journalists working in TV and radio stations in violence-plagued Ecuador, one of which exploded without causing serious injury.Police in Ecuador have opened a terrorism investigation after letter bombs were sent to at least five journalistsAll of the letter bombs had the same device and were sent from the town of Quimsaloma
In the port city of Guayaquil, journalist Lenin Artieda of the Ecuavisa private TV station received an envelope containing a pen drive which exploded when he inserted it into a computer, his employer said.Mr Artieda sustained slight injuries to one hand and his face, said police official Xavier Chango. No one else was hurt.
Elsewhere in Guayaquil in Ecuador's south-west, the prosecutor's office said a letter bomb was also sent to the offices of TC Television.'New escalation in violence against the press' Envelopes with USB sticks were addressed to Mr Artieda as well as to Mauricio Ayora of TC Television and Milton Perez of Teleamazonas, it said in a statement.The envelope contained a USB stick which detonated when it was inserted in a laptop.
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