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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.
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.
Fifty-seven law enforcement officers held in six prisons amid sharp rise in gang violence ahead of election