Ecuador: At least 3 Colombians, one other arrested in alleged plot against president

Ecuadorean police on Thursday arrested four men, including at least three Colombians, in what officials said may have been plot to attack leftist President Rafael Correa.

Chief Prosecutor Washington Pesantez said a preliminary police investigation uncovered a plot to kill Correa and the four suspects were arrested in Ecuador's capital, Quito.

"We don't know the particular details (of the plot), we only know that there were foreigners with contracts to attack the president," Pesantez told reporters.

While Pesantez said the four men arrested were all Colombians, Ecuadorean Security Minister Gustavo Larrea said that three of the suspects …