"The bridge explosions occur just hours after a car bomb went off outside a shopping mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. Explosions have rocked different parts of Ecuador, with officials accusing a local criminal gang and Colombian ex-FARC dissidents of targeting two bridges in retaliation for a major military operation against illegal miners. It is the latest wave of violence to have engulfed the South American nation in recent years."
"Transport Minister Roberto Luque wrote on X on Wednesday, describing the acts as terrorism. No casualties have been reported, though roads leading to the affected areas remain closed. Interior Minister John Reimberg accused Ecuadorian gang Los Lobos, which is designated as a foreign terrorist organisation by the United States, and former rebels of the now-defunct movement Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, with ties to the gang, of being behind the blasts."
Bridge explosions occurred hours after a car bomb detonated outside a shopping mall in Guayaquil. Explosives were placed on bridges to block traffic across different parts of the country. Transport Minister Roberto Luque described the acts as terrorism. No casualties have been reported, although roads to affected areas remain closed. Interior Minister John Reimberg accused Ecuadorian gang Los Lobos and Colombian ex-FARC dissidents with ties to the gang of carrying out the blasts after security operations dismantled illegal mining and detained ex-FARC members. No group claimed responsibility and no arrests have been made. The US State Department condemned the attacks and a police report confirmed damage to a bridge in Naranjal.
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