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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

REVEALED: Killing of journalist underscores deteriorating conditions in ecuador | Rare Historical Photos

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Tomás Beltrán Photograph: Inter American Press Association

Tomás Beltrán was manoeuvring his car into his garage on Sunday night when the Ecuadorian journalist was shot dead.

Beltrán ran a Facebook page with news about Calceta, a small city in the province of Manabí, whose Pacific coastline has made it a key flashpoint in the gang warfare over drug trafficking routes that has transformed one of Latin America’s safest countries into one of its most violent.

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