Overview

• Surveillance video shows an SUV stopping at the Regional Prison’s main gate before an initial flare, with the driver jumping out and running moments before a larger explosion.
• Authorities reported no confirmed casualties and provided limited immediate information as police, military and firefighters secured the perimeter and extinguished the blaze.
• SNAI said security protocols were activated and investigations are underway to identify those responsible for the attack outside the Guayaquil complex.
• The explosion followed an attempted assassination of the prison’s director a day earlier, from which the official emerged unharmed, according to SNAI.
• The incident capped a deadly week of prison violence in Ecuador, with two separate massacres leaving about 31 people dead, including 30 inmates and one guard.