Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Guayaquil, Ecuavisa, ecuador area, Ecuador on Mon 20th March 2023

The Ecuadorian public prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the attack on Ecuavisa television journalist Len’n Artieda, who received an electronic device (pendrive) in an envelope that exploded when he tried to use it. On its Twitter account, the Attorney General's Office said that it had "initiated an investigation into the bomb attack (electronic device sent in an envelope) against journalist Len’n Artieda, which left him slightly injured". The incident occurred this morning at Ecuavisa's facilities in the coastal city of Guayaquil, where the prosecutor's office is gathering evidence while police bomb squad personnel took to the channel TC Televisi—n "where another envelope bomb was reportedly detected in the news area. The device did not explode", he said.