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Quito, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The number of people arrested in Ecuador during the first six days of having declared the internal armed conflict against organized crime rose to 1,534, of which 158 were arrested for alleged terrorism, authorities reported on Monday.

Quito, Jan 14 (EFE).- Ecuador’s security forces on Sunday carried out operations in several prisons occupied by groups of mutinous prisoners, as well as patrols and searches in the streets as part of the State’s battle against organized crime groups. After the successful freeing of 201 prison guards and administrators from seven prisons on Saturday, …

Ecuador's President has called in the army to fight the country's rampant drug gangs. Sadly he can at best sever the fingertips of a criminal hydra, as big as the world itself.

QUITO: Ecuador’s president gave orders on Tuesday to “neutralize” criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a...

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa underlined Wednesday that we are at war and I will not give in. He made those remarks one day after multiple uprisings by drug trafficking groups particularly in Quito and Guayaquil resulted in at least 18 deaths and over 300 arrests, in addition to the people wounded, for which the head of state declared an internal armed conflict against terrorist organizations believed to be 20,000 strong.

Members of the Armed Forces frisk men during an operation to protect civil security in Quito, on Jan. 10, 2024. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- At

Gangs in Ecuador declared war on the Government after a powerful narco boss escaped prison, and the President declared a state of emergency.

An Ecuadorean police squad approach the premises of Ecuadors 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-ow...

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s worsening security situation deteriorated further in spectacular fashion this week, with gunmen armed with

Gruesome footage has emerged from Ecuador over the last two days, with gangsters shown purportedly executing police officers and prison guards as the army rounds up cartel members.