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 QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Chanting "Lucio, get out," a river of demonstrators poured into the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, Monday night to demand that President Lucio Gutierrez step down, as anti-government protests spread from Quito, the capital.
Tens of thousands of protesters followed by a caravan of 300 autos honking their horns stretched along more than 20 blocks of Avenida 9 de Octubre, the major thoroughfare in Guayaquil, a river port on Ecuador's Pacific coast.
The demonstrators, led by Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot, accused Gutierrez of violating the constitution and interfering with the independence of the country's judicial branch. They also demanded increased financial support for the city' beleagured police force.
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