in the tv station in the port city guayaquil. they ve got grenades with them as well, in the past minutes them as well, in the past minutes the president said that ecuador is now in a state of emergency, but it is now in a state of armed conflict. let s speak to naomi wells who is in sao paulo. saying in the last hour, we ve got a new person who s threatening to take on the drug cartels and they are pushing back forcibly. cartels and they are pushing back forcibl . . v cartels and they are pushing back forcibl . . , ., forcibly. that s right, and the scenes tonight forcibly. that s right, and the scenes tonight demonstrate l forcibly. that s right, and the - scenes tonight demonstrate that, certainly. it is incredibly distressing footage, footage there of staff as they were broadcasting live on air at the television station in guayaquil, with guns being held to some of the staff as they plead please, please, please as they plead please, please, please as they beg for their
thank you for being with us. we begin in ecuador, where police have detained a group of armed men who interrupted a live television programme a day after the president declared a nationwide state of emergency. the men, wearing balaclavas, burst into the studio of a public television station in the port city of guayaquil, taking hostage several journalists and staff members. this footage shows the attackers carrying rifles and grenades, forcing the crew onto the ground. the president has said that ecuador is in a state of internal armed conflict . ione wells reports from sao paulo. a moment of utter horror, broadcast live on television. armed men with balaclavas over theirface broke into the set of this public television channel in ecuador while it was live on air, brandishing guns and what appears to be explosives. it comes a day after the country s new president daniel noboa declared a state of emergency yesterday. ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks after the
of emergency yesterday. ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks after the apparent escape of a powerful gang leaderfrom prison. the president ordered the military and police to intervene in controlling prisons in an attempt to contain the violence. but the violence has exploded further since then. explosions in streets, police officers carrying out stop and search, some reportedly being abducted. for ordinary people in ecuador, terror on the streets. translation: i hope the state of emergency yields results, i positive results for the population, not for the criminals. we live in constant fear because on a day to day basis when we go out to work, we don t know if we will return or if we will come back home in one piece. the suspects tonight have now been detained, but with ecuador still on high alert, fearfor citizens
they plead please, please, please as they plead please, please, please as they beg for their lives and that footage. we see balaclava clad men with grenades and explosives, obviously holding armed weapons as well. as you mentioned there, this comes after the president announced a state of emergency on monday, and this was partly in response to the apparent escape of a powerful gang leaderfrom prison before he was due to be transferred to a more high security prison. now, after that state of emergency was announced, there was a wave of attacks, there been attacks including explosions, also this sort of abduction of various police officers as well. daniel nebo has tonight said said there is a internal armed conflict as well, and the military with orders to try and tackle the violence we are seeing breaking out
ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks after the apparent escape of a powerful gang leaderfrom prison. the president ordered the military and police to intervene in controlling prisons in an attempt to contain the violence. but the violence has exploded further since then. explosions in streets, police officers carrying out stop and search, some reportedly being abducted. for ordinary people in ecuador, terror on the streets. translation: i hope the state of emergency yields results, i positive results for the population, not for the criminals. we live in constant fear because on a day to day basis when we go out to work, we don t know if we will return or if we will come back home in one piece. the suspects tonight have now been detained,