During the 40th-anniversary parade of La Troncal, a canton in the Cañar province of southern Ecuador, a shooting occurred. As of now, there’s no official confirmation on whether there were any casualties. Neither the National Police nor the Prosecutor’s Office had made formal statements regarding the incident. This incident comes amidst a 60-day state of […]
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