00:00 Family and friends on Friday paid their final respects to Ecuadorian prosecutor Cesar Suarez,
00:06 who was shot dead on Wednesday in Guayaquil.
00:09 The funeral cortege began on Friday midday at a chapel of rest in Pajan, Suarez's hometown,
00:15 and from there, the coffin was taken to Las Anonas Cemetery.
00:20 Prosecutor Suarez was traveling to a court hearing when he was killed in Guayaquil.
00:24 He was in charge of prosecuting organized crime cases in the province of Guayas, one
00:30 of the country's most violent areas and the site of an on-air attack on a television station
00:35 last week.
00:37 Suarez had been in charge of investigating the TV station attack.
00:41 Ecuador has suffered a recent burst of violence across the country, including some 200 prison
00:46 staff being taken hostage, explosions in several cities, and the kidnapping of police officers.
01:03 The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released a statement.
01:04 U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released a statement.
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