Authorities have said the director of a prison in the Ecuadoran Amazon was killed in an armed attack on Tuesday and two officers were wounded,
“Three administrative officials of the Center for Deprivation of Liberty… were victims of an armed attack” on the road to Coca City, the SNAI prisons agency said on WhatsApp.
It added that Alex Guevara, director of the prison in Sucumbios province, “unfortunately died due to the attack”.
Two other workers who were with him were wounded.
Local media published an image of the vehicle the officials were travelling in, showing several bullet holes in the windshield.
SNAI said the police are investigating the crime.
