Handout photo released by Ecuador's National Police showing a police officer searching for explosives after a device detonaded at the Ecuavisa channel premises in Guayaquil, Ecuador on March 20, 2023. - An explosive device detonated Monday inside a television channel in Ecuador, and a similar one was found in another media outlet without leaving severe injuries or damage, authorities reported. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador´s National Police / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT
Handout photo released by Ecuador's National Police showing a police officer searching for explosives after a device detonaded at the Ecuavisa channel premises in Guayaquil, Ecuador on March 20, 2023. - An explosive device detonated Monday inside a television channel in Ecuador, and a similar one was found in another media outlet without leaving severe injuries or damage, authorities reported. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador´s National Police / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ECUADOR'S NATIONAL POLICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
A police officer searches for explosives after a device detonated at the Ecuavisa channel's premises in the city of Guayaquil, southwestern Ecuador on Monday, March 20, 2023. ECUADORAN NATIONAL POLICE HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP

QUITO: Letter bombs were sent to at least five journalists working in television and radio stations in violence-plagued Ecuador on Monday, one of which exploded without causing serious injury, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said.

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