At least five different journalistic organizations in Ecuador received letters containing explosive devices disguised as USB drives. The specific titles of the publications are not specified.
As the BBC writes , during the explosion, in particular, the journalist Lenin Artieda was wounded. According to him, he took out the received USB device and connected it to his computer in the office. He got hurt. The Ecuadorian government condemned the attacks, calling freedom of speech "a right that must be respected." The Prosecutor General's Office of the country launched an investigation into the case of terrorism.
According to Ecuadorian Interior Minister Juan Zapata, all the bombs were sent from one city. Three of them were sent to publications based in Guayaquil and two to Quito. Police say the devices contained "military-type" explosives. Of all the devices, only the one Artieda received exploded. Others have not been used or packages with them have never been opened. The police also carried out a controlled detonation of one of the devices.