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Ecuador's armed forces were engaged in a brutal standoff with organized crime Thursday, deploying more than 22,400 soldiers to put down a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives.Since Monday, drug cartels have been waging a bloody campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown on organized crime, prompting Noboa to declare the country to be in a "state of war."
An Albanian-linked gang leader known as “The Savage” has been broken out of prison in Ecuador as criminal cartels escalate their battle for power on the country’s streets.
But with ecuador still on high alert, fear for citizens there remains. ione wells, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to ecuadorian freelance journalist carolina loza, who's following the developments. she told me about the mood in the country. it's utter chaos. basically, there are two main cities. people are having even trouble getting back home, trying to get their kids back home from school. government offices shut down. also, universities did the same. so, people are just desperately trying to get home. in smaller cities in the country, the uncertainty reigns as well. so many people are trying to...
A notorious trafficking kingpin linked to the escalating drug gang war in Ecuador has broken out of prison, triggering a state of emergency and a wave of violence.
None of the nation’s past three governments have successfully wrangled control of the security crisis.