Prosecutor Shot Dead Amid Investigation Into Ecuador TV Attack

  • Drug traffickers blamed as César Suárez killed in Guayaquil
  • Suárez was probing last week’s gang invasion of TV channel
Members of the National Police inspect a car at the scene of the shooting in Guayaquil on Jan. 17.Photographer: Christian Vinueza/AFP/Getty Images
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The prosecutor investigating last week’s gang attack on an Ecuador TV station was shot dead, in the latest high-profile assassination to shake the country.

Prosecutor César Suárez was murdered in Guayaquil by an organization tied to international drug cartels, according to Prosecutor General Diana Salazar.