Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of dozens of law enforcement officers inside six prisons.
Ecuador s capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.Hours later, SNAI said, prisoners in six penitentiaries across the country had managed to seize 50 prison guards and seven police officers who were being held hostage.
At least 57 prison guards and police personnel were taken hostage by convicts in six prisons after grenade assaults and two vehicle bombings attacked Ecuador s capital Quito on Thursday night,.
The wave of attacks was an apparent show of force by organized crime gangs that claimed no victims, while the uprising in the prisons was believed to be a riposte to a police sweep of jails to confiscate weapons the day before.