Overview
- The blast struck near Mall del Sol and offices linked to President Daniel Noboa’s family in Guayaquil’s financial district, shattering windows and prompting evacuations.
- Ecuador’s risk agency reported 30 injured, including two people who remained hospitalized, and confirmed the deceased was a nearby taxicab driver.
- Interior Minister John Reimberg said police neutralized a second vehicle carrying four high‑power charges and an electronic detonator, and conducted controlled detonations in the area.
- The prosecutor’s office opened a terrorism investigation, ordering forensic reviews, security‑camera analysis, and witness interviews, as police search for suspects.
- Authorities are also investigating explosive damage to two bridges on routes near Guayaquil and in the south of the country for possible connections to the car‑bomb attack.