Tag: César Suárez

• Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Ecuador: Two arrested in connection with Prosecutor Suárez's murder

  

  Ecuadorean authorities Thursday arrested two people in connection with Wednesday's murder of Prosecutor César Suárez, who was handling the case of the Jan. 9 assault on a TV station amid the growing wave of drug trafficking, terrorism, and organized crime violence. Various guns and two vehicles were also seized in the operation, it was explained.

• Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

  Ecuadorean prosecutor handling last week's TV station seizure shot dead

  

  Ecuadorean Prosecutor César Suárez who was handling the investigation into the Jan. 9 seizure of a Public TV station by a drug-trafficking gang, was shot dead Wednesday in Guayaquil, adding to the South American country's wave of crime and violence. Suárez took over 20 gunshots, it was reported. National Police “specialized units” have been assigned to the case.