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The Ecuadorian police and army have detained more than 1,750 people from January 9-16, including 158 suspected of terrorism, amid a wave of gang violence that swept the South American country last week, the office of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said Tuesday.

Walking fast, with their eyes alert and voices low, a few Ecuadorans flitted about fearfully Wednesday on city streets all but deserted amid an escalating conflict between the armed forces and violent drug gangs.He welcomed the presence of police and soldiers on the streets after Noboa gave orders to "neutralize" the violent gangs.

Fabricio Colon Pico, the leader of Ecuadors second-largest criminal gang, Los Lobos, has escaped from prison as a result of riots, the countrys National Service for Comprehensive Assistance to Adult Persons Deprived of Liberty and Teenage Offenders of Ecuador (SNAI) said Tuesday.

A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country's spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent recent prison escape. The imprisoned leader of a drug gang mysteriously vanished from his cell in the coastal city of Guayaquil on Sunday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. On Tuesday, thousands of viewers tuned in to TC Television watched live as the men threatened presenter...

Security footage at the trash transfer station showed the two men climbing out of the dumpster and running away.

Security footage at the trash transfer station showed the two men climbing out of the dumpster and running away.

This case has been one of the biggest topics of conversation and a story that has been closely followed globally.

Danelo Cavalcante, the inmate that escaped from Chester County Prison and was captured after two weeks on the run, will make his first court apperance Friday.

In a startling revelation, a correctional officer has come forward with a warning about convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante's intentions to escape.

A manhunt is underway after four inmates escaped from a Georgia prison on Monday.