QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives Friday to damage a bridge, authorities said, demonstrating their grip on the South American country where prison inmates took dozens
Ecuadorian authorities say 50 guards and seven police officers were released more than a day after they were taken hostages in different prisons, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country
Ecuadorian authorities say 50 guards and seven police officers were released more than a day after they were taken hostages in different prisons, in what the government described as a
Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s corrections system, the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty, said in a statement that the 57 law enforcement officers —who were held in six different prisons — are safe, but it didn't offer details about how they were released. Early Friday, criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge, the latest in a series of attacks this week.