After receiving explosive devices in the mail for journalists, Ecuador starts a terrorist investigation.

Ecuador's public prosecutor has opened a terrorism investigation after at least five journalists received envelopes containing explosive devices. Three of the envelopes reached the newsrooms of Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas and TC Televisión television channels, while two further envelopes addressed to radio station EXA FM and journalist Carlos Vera were intercepted. Evidence has been collected from the media outlets that received the devices, and all of the devices will be included in a single investigation. Lenin Artieda suffered minor injuries when he plugged a memory stick containing an explosive device into his computer. The prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the attack, and confirmed that Artieda had suffered minor injuries.
On Monday, TC Televisión received an envelope containing an explosive, addressed to journalist Mauricio Ayora. A third envelope containing explosives arrived at Teleamazonas newsroom in the capital city Quito last Thursday, addressed to presenter and executive producer Milton Pérez, and a fourth envelope addressed to journalist Miguel Rivadeneira was intercepted at a parcel delivery service in Quito on Monday. The envelope addressed to Carlos Vera was intercepted by the same parcel delivery company in Guayaquil. The Ecuadorian government condemned the attack on Ecuavisa and expressed solidarity with the journalists.