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Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s corrections system, the National…

Dozens of guards and seven police officers, who were held as hostages by inmates for more than a day, have been released, according to authorities in Ecuador.

Government officials have described the violent acts as the work of criminal gangs with members in prison responding to efforts to retake control of several penitentiaries.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s […]

Security analyst Daniel Pontón said the chain of events, which took place three weeks after the slaying of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was a "systematic and clearly planned" attack that had shown the state was ineffective in preventing violence.

Ecuadorian authorities say 50 guards and seven police officers were released more than a day after they were taken hostages in different prisons, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country

Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of the prisons.

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The country’s corrections system said the law enforcement officers, who were held in six different prisons, were safe but did not offer details on the release.

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