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In Ecuador, one person died and several were injured after a powerful explosion on Tuesday in a busy commercial area in northern Guayaquil, an area where drug trafficking is common. The public security company of the conflict-ridden city of Ecuador said it was responding to the emergency caused by the detonation of explosive devices and published photos of the road closed by police cars and fire trucks. The area where the explosion occurred is surrounded by restaurants, businesses, shops, doctors' offices, a hospital, hotels, and the city's largest shopping center. The police reported that it was an explosion, the causes of which are being determined by specialized teams.

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00:00Welcome back to From the South.
00:02We go to Ecuador, where one person died and several were injured after a powerful explosion
00:07on Tuesday, in a busy commercial area in northern Guayaquil, an area where drug trafficking
00:13is common.
00:14The Public Security Company of the conflict-ridden city of Ecuador said it was responding to
00:19the emergency caused by the detonation of explosive devices, and polished photos of
00:24the road closed by police cars and fire trucks.
00:28The area where the explosion occurred is surrounded by restaurants, businesses, shops, doctors'
00:32offices, a hospital, hotels and the city's largest shopping center.
00:37The police reported that it was an explosion, the causes of which are being determined by
00:42specialized teams.
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