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Ecuador city tries to return to normal after gang horror

Life is returning to the streets of Guayaquil but the spectre of drug-gang violence remains.

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caught in the middle of the government s war with the gangs. yet it s far from business as usual for the families of 180 prison staff still held hostage inside the jails. andres s brother is one of them. he spent hours outside ambato prison waiting for news. translation: the only information we ve heard is from the guards who managed to get out. they told us that our relatives were ok. but the police only say they re waiting for orders to enter the prison. we haven t seen any movement from them since tuesday. it feels like the authorities have forgotten about the guards. the most brazen part of the violence was when a public tv station was invaded live on air by armed men. the presenter, urging for calm with a gun to his head, described the ordeal. they sent kids armed to the teeth to spread fear, anxiety and chaos, he says, to send the message they can just walk in and take over one

Ecuador s President promises to be tougher than previous administrations

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa underlined Wednesday that we are at war and I will not give in. He made those remarks one day after multiple uprisings by drug trafficking groups particularly in Quito and Guayaquil resulted in at least 18 deaths and over 300 arrests, in addition to the people wounded, for which the head of state declared an internal armed conflict against terrorist organizations believed to be 20,000 strong.

More than 150 officers taken hostage in Ecuadorian prisons

Quito, Jan 11 (EFE). – 178 prison officials are being held hostage in simultaneous riots in Ecuador’s prisons, after the crisis spread to more penitentiaries on Thursday, prison authorities reported. Among the hostages are 158 guards and 20 administrators in the southern cities of Machala, Loja, Cuenca and Azogues, the central Latacunga and Ambato and …

Number of officials taken hostage rises to 178 in riots at 7 prisons in Ecuador

Number of officials taken hostage rises to 178 in riots at 7 prisons in Ecuador
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