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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: PF Ecuador TV Raid Investigation
HEADLINE: Prosecutor’s Killing Adds to Safety Fears in Ecuador
TEASER: Journalists rethink personal safety following raid on TV station and the killing of the prosecutor investigating the attack
PUBLISHED AT: (DATE & TIME)
BYLINE: Cristina Caicedo Smit
CONTRIBUTOR: Spanish service
DATELINE: Washington DC
VIDEOGRAPHER:
VIDEO EDITOR: Cristina Caicedo Smit
SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, Reifenrath
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Zoom, AP, REUTERS
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __
TRT: 2:28
VID APPROVED BY: SB
TYPE: TVR
EDITOR NOTES: For VOA Press Freedom. Questions/review jjerreat@voanew.com Cristina ccsmit@voanews.com))
((INTRO))
Ecuador’s journalists are focusing on personal safety after a prosecutor investigating an armed raid on a TV station was killed amid a wave of violence sweeping the country. VOA’s Cristina Caicedo Smit has the story.))
((AP crime scene and authorities)) ((Mandatory: AP))
((NARRATION))
Police cordoned off a road in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, last week after the killing of César Suarez. ((Mandatory: REUTERS)) The prosecutor, who had been investigating an armed raid on a TV station, became yet another victim in the crime wave sweeping Ecuador.
((Mandatory: AP))
The shooting has served to strengthen the resolve of authorities to investigate both the killing of Suarez and the raid on the public broadcaster, TC Television, says Attorney General Diana Salazar Méndez.
((for radio: adding that organized crime groups and terrorists will not stop our commitment to Ecuadoran society, adding that her department will continue to work with more strength and commitment))
((Diana Salazar Méndez, Attorney General)) ((Female in Spanish)) ((Video courtesy: X/@FiscaliaEcuador))
"Organized crime groups, criminals and terrorists will not stop our commitment to Ecuadorian society, we will continue with more strength and commitment."
((REUTERS video of gunmen entering TC Television, threating people)) ((Mandatory: REUTERS))
((NARRATION))
A live broadcast by TC Television captured the moment gunmen raided the station and threatened its staff. ((Mandatory: AP)) Thirteen suspects have since been detained.
((AP video of Noboa talking and walking at TC Television in Guayaquil)) ((Mandatory: AP))
Newly elected President Daniel Noboa visited the television station.
((for radio: saying that he was there to meet victims of the terrorist attack on state-owned media.”))
((Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador)) ((Mandatory: AP))
"I’m here to see the people who were victims of a terrorist attack, who work for state-owned media.”
((REUTERS video of Noboa and violence in Ecuador)) ((Mandatory: REUTERS))
((NARRATION))
Noboa declared Ecuador to be in an “internal armed conflict” and imposed a state of emergency amid the rise in crime and recent escape from prison of gang leader Jose Adolfo Macías Villamar.
((VOA video of a reporter putting on the vest and reporters working))
It’s a situation that has journalists across Ecuador rethinking safety, with some now wearing bulletproof vests on assignment. Newsrooms are also reevaluating how to respond during an attack like the one on TC Television.
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington DC
Embargo DateJanuary 24, 2024 14:39 EST
BylineCristina Caicedo Smit
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English, Voice of America
