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Grisly killings stoke cartel fears in Ecuador
ByAFP Published
February 14, 202
The bodies of two men hung from a pedestrian bridge in southwestern Ecuador stunned the country Monday and raised the spectre of Mexican cartels there.
The victims were killed, tied up and suspended by the same rope on a pedestrian bridge in Duran, a city near Guayaquil, Ecuador’s biggest city, police said.
As the South American country faces an upsurge in violence linked to drug trafficking, the national press has stressed the singularity of the incident.
The two men had been missing since February 11, according to police, and an investigation was underway into their abduction.
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