An Ecuadorean police squad approach the premises of Ecuador s TC television channel after unidentified gunmen burst into the state-owned television studio live on air on Jan. 9, 2024, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) Armed and masked gunmen stormed a television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast on Tuesday, taking the hosts hostage and calling for President Daniel Noboa to end his crackdown on organized crime.
The incident at TC Televisión, a state-owned network in Guayaquil, came amid widespread chaos and violence after Noboa declared a countrywide state of emergency on Monday.
The men who stormed the television station were arrested after a standoff with police.
Noboa called the unrest an "internal armed conflict," saying the alleged perpetrators were "terrorists." He deployed armed forces throughout the country to "establish control," his office said in a post on X.
Noboa, who was elected last fall, had p
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