Quito, April 19, 2025 (AFP) - Gunmen disguised as soldiers kill 12 people at Ecuador cockfight

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2025-04-19
Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people and wounding several others, police in the violence-plagued South American nation said Friday. Security footage of Thursday night's attack showed a group of at least five men entering the arena and opening fire with automatic rifles on a crowd of dozens in the rural community of La Valencia in northwest Ecuador. The att......
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