Suspected gang leader shot dead in flower bouquet ambush at airport
Key takeaways
- Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys and flowers before one of them approaches the victim, pulls his gun from behind a teddy and shoots him point-blank.
- Police have detained two teenagers in connection with the crime, the latest in a widespread wave of gang violence.
- This latest deadly shooting came just a day after Ecuador's president declared a fresh state of emergency in 10 provinces, including Guayas, where the attack unfolded.
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Vanessa Buschschlüter Latin America online editor REUTERS/Cesar Munoz People outside José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport were in shock following the deadly shooting An Ecuadorean man, who police accuse of leading a faction of one of the country's most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he was leaving the airport in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil.
Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys and flowers before one of them approaches the victim, pulls his gun from behind a teddy and shoots him point-blank.
Police have detained two teenagers in connection with the crime, the latest in a widespread wave of gang violence.