The bridge explosions occur just hours after a car bomb went off outside a shopping mall in Guayaquil.

The incident is the latest in a series of attacks which the mayor of Guayaquil blamed on a criminal gang.

Las autoridades vinculan tres explosiones simultáneas en diferentes puntos del país a represalias por operaciones militares en zonas de minería ilegal

The bridge explosions occur just hours after a car bomb went off outside a shopping mall in Guayaquil.