A state of emergency was declared in Ecuador on Monday due to the unrest of drug organizations.
For commando beanies a group of armed men stormed the live television broadcast on Tuesday afternoon local time, the news agencies AFP and Reuters report. A group carrying guns and grenades forced employees of the TC television channel to lie on the ground in the city of Guayaquil.
The broadcast included shouting and shooting. Some of the men with their faces covered left the studio with some workers.
The national police told the message service in X that he had sent special forces to the scene. About 30 minutes after the attack began, the police were seen entering the studio. A little later, the police said they had evacuated the employees of the media house.
in Ecuador explosions have occurred in the unrest that has started and at least seven police officers have been kidnapped. In addition, there have been riots in prisons.
President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declared a national state of emergency on Monday due to the uncontrolled situation of drug organizations and prisons. The state of exception includes a 60-day suspension of operations by soldiers.
“We will not negotiate with terrorists and we will not rest until we restore peace to all Ecuadorians,” Noboa said at the time.
The gangs responded with a video where one of the kidnapped policemen was forced to read a message to President Noboa.
“You declared war, so you get war. You declared an emergency. We declare the police, civilians and soldiers to be war booty,” a shocked-sounding police officer read in the video.
of Ecuador a gang leader known as the most dangerous criminal José Adolfo Macías escaped from prison on Sunday. The crime boss known as Fito is the boss of the Los Choneros drug cartel.
Candidate in Ecuador's presidential election Fernando Villavicencio said that he had received threats from Fito. Villavicencio was shot dead at an election rally in the country's capital, Quito, 11 days before the election.
The election was finally won by 35-year-old Noboa, whose father is one of the richest men in Ecuador. After winning the election, Noboa vowed to bring peace to the violence-stricken country.
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