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U.S. closes embassy and consulate in Ecuador due to 'security threats'
December 17, 1999
Web posted at: 1:40 p.m. EST (1840 GMT)
From State Department Correspondent Andrea Koppel
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department says the U.S. Embassy in Quito and U.S. Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador, were closed indefinitely at noon Friday due to "security threats" to American facilities in Ecuador.
A State Department official said that despite the fact that U.S. facilities are already on a heightened state of alert -- due to "specific threats to U.S. missions" -- the decision was made to close these facilities "indefinitely."
The official says he could not elaborate on the source of the threats.
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