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President Noboa has deployed soldiers to take on criminal gangs amid an unprecedented wave of violence.

Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa orders military action against criminal groups amid escalating violence. Gang warfare erupts after a notorious prison escape

Ecuador has been rocked by a wave of violence in recent days, with schools and businesses shuttered, a nighttime curfew in place and residents fearful to leave their homes. Violence is ongoing in Guayaquil, where three bodies were found in a burned-out car, and two police officers have been killed in the province that is home to Ecuador's largest city. President Daniel Noboa has launched a military crackdown on gangs, looking to restore order as criminal groups hold more than 100 prison staff hostage and after armed men burst into a television studio and interrupted a live broadcast.

Gang leader adolfo macias. the government battling with what they say are at least 22 different criminal groups, angered by that state of emergency. tonight, authorities say at least seven police officers have been kidnapped. ecuador, once known as one of south america's most peaceful countries, seeing an explosion in recent years of organized crime-related violence linked to mexican drug cartels. and david, that state of emergency will remain in place for at least 60 days, which gives the country's military the right to enter some of the prisons there. criminals inside of which responsible fo...

Mexican authorities in the violence-plagued southwestern state of Guerrero said they were investigating a gruesome massacre that took place in a part of a remote desert where two rival criminal groups have been fighting for control. Police investigators had found five burned bodies stacked onto a burned vehicle when they arrived in Buenavista de los Hurtado on Friday, the state attorney general said in a statement shared late on Saturday. Citing footage shared by alleged members of the Familia Michoacana on social media and interviews with unnamed sources in the area, local media reported th...