Ecuador’s attempt to clean up its gang-controlled prisons has led to a dramatic turn of events with inmates taking several prison guards and police officers hostage.
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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,.