8 die in Ecuador after drinking bootleg alcohol (AP)

QUITO, Ecuador ? Authorities in Ecuador say at least eight people have died and 11 more are sick after drinking adulterated alcohol.

Health officials in the tropical province of Los Rios tell Ecuavisa television that tests on the dead show an excess of alcohol.

Provincial health inspector Jose Sanay says blindness and other symptoms shown by the victims suggest they ingested methyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol is a toxic substance sometimes used to illegally produce cheap liquor.

A police statement Friday says the victims drank the alcohol July 7 and the eight people died over the course of the past week.

The poisoning occurred in Canton Urdaneta, 115 miles (185 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Quito.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/latam/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110715/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_ecuador_adulterated_alcohol

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