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Ecuador: Inmates in prison takeover free 57 hostages after 24-hour standoff
The Independent UK via AOL· 9 months agoInmates involved in a hostage takeover at six prisons in Ecuador have released 50 guards and seven...
Armed gangs, prison breaks and on-air hostages: how Ecuador was plunged into crisis
The Week via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEcuadorian police arrest several armed men who broke into the set of a public television channel...
Ecuador president says country is at war with drug gangs
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoQUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday his country was "at war" with drug...
Ecuador declares ‘internal armed conflict’ as gunmen take over live TV broadcast
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEcuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering...
Dozens of prison officers freed after being taken hostage in Ecuador jails
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFifty prison guards and seven police officers have been freed after being taken hostage by inmates...
Ecuador battles drug gangs behind surge of violence
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEcuador's president has declared war on drugs gangs holding scores of prison guards hostage in a wave of violence that saw the storming of a TV station...
Ecuador cracks down on prisons to restore order after hostage crisis
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEcuador's police and military on Sunday were aiming to restore order inside the country's dangerous...
Ecuador President Faces Impeachment Showdown With Opposition
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso faces the threat of being removed from office as a...
US backs Ecuador’s president as he grapples with wave of bloodshed caused by powerful drug gangs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEcuador’s president is desperately drumming up international support against the powerful drug gangs...
Ecuador prison staff being held hostage by inmates released: Officials
ABC News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAll of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were...