Ecuador.- Ecuador se sume en el caos ante el imparable auge de los grupos criminales

QUITO, Jan. 10, 2024 -- Ecuadorian soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency leer más on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. leer menos

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