Guayaquil. Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys and flowers before one of them approaches the victim, pulls his gun from behind a teddy and shoots him point-blank.  Police have detained two teenagers in connection with the crime, the latest in a widespread wave of gang violence. This latest deadly shooting came just a day after Ecuador's president declared a fresh state of emergency in ten provinces, including Guayas, where the attack unfolded. Ecuador's interior minister, John Reimberg, identified the victim of Wednesday's attack as 39-year-old Carlos Alberto Suástegui Villanueva, who he said was the leader of the Los Águilas gang in El Triunfo, a region east of Guayaquil. Los Águilas, which was designated as a "terrorist organization" by Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa in 2024, is accused of being heavily involved in drug trafficking and extortion. (BBC)