Journalists, activists threatened.(World)(funeral notices received by daily newspaper in Ecuador)(Brief Article) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 24, 2003| Author: Coday, Dennis | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's largest daily, El Comercio, received from unknown individuals funeral notices for rights activists and journalists, none of whom are dead. The Ecumenical Human Rights Commission said the notices are death threats they said were sent by the White Legion, a group that has been linked to Intelligence and State Security.

Notices were made for journalists Kintto Lucas, an Inter Press Service correspondent who also writes for Latinamerica Press, Mar...