Ecuador hunkers down for a government war on drug gangs after attack during live TV newscast
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador hunkers down for a government war on drug gangs after attack during live TV newscast

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Schools and stores sat shuttered, many people stayed home and soldiers roamed the streets of Ecuador’s biggest cities Wednesday, the day after armed men invaded a television station’s live afternoon newscast and the president told the security forces to wipe out the drug gangs terrorizing the country. Humberto Poggi del Salto, 50, a businessman in Guayaquil, urged the government to come down on the armed groups with “a firmer hand, to have no mercy, no tolerance or the human rights of criminals.” “President Noboa must do what El Salvador did,” he said. “Extreme policies might seem like the logical consequence we’ve seen,” said Ivan Briscoe, Latin America and the Caribbean director for the International Crisis Group. But “if you move to a security policy which is purely based on repression and killing, you’re going to enter an extremely violent spiral.” Police respond to an attack at the TC Television network, a public television channel in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

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At least 15 dead as inmates clash at notorious Ecuadorian prison
1 month, 1 week ago

At least 15 dead as inmates clash at notorious Ecuadorian prison

CNN  

CNN — At least 15 people have been killed and 14 injured in clashes between inmates at one of Ecuador’s largest and most notorious prisons, local authorities say. The violence broke out early Tuesday in one of the pavilions at Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, according to national prison agency SNAI. Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral …

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 8, injure 8 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 8, injure 8 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges

The Independent  

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Ecuador: 5 tourists kidnapped, killed by 'rival gangsters'
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ecuador: 5 tourists kidnapped, killed by 'rival gangsters'

Firstpost  

Six adults and a child were abducted on Friday when about 20 attackers broke into a hotel in the southern Ecuadorian beach town of Ayampe, according to local police chief Richard Vaca The assailants "apparently mistook them for adversaries" from a rival drug gang, said Vaca.President Daniel Noboa said one person has been arrested so far in the case and …

Ecuador: Under Fire
10 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador: Under Fire

Al Jazeera  

People & Power investigates the causes of Ecuador’s deepening violence. The dramatic takeover of a public TV station by masked gunmen and prison riots in January 2024 shocked a country already struggling with historically high crime and murder rates. The violence during the last election campaign, including the killing of a presidential candidate, made headlines around the world. Following the …

No ‘clear way out’: How Ecuador descended into gang violence
10 months, 1 week ago

No ‘clear way out’: How Ecuador descended into gang violence

Al Jazeera  

Experts trace the root causes of Ecuador’s spiralling violence, as President Daniel Noboa leads a crackdown on gangs. “Ecuador is a small country in a violent neighbourhood, and it’s become a key part of global narco-trafficking networks,” said Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, a US-based think tank. As Ecuador’s prominence in …

Ecuador: As terror grips the streets, even the armed forces live in fear
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ecuador: As terror grips the streets, even the armed forces live in fear

CNN  

Guayaquil, Ecuador CNN — Camille Gamarra and Diego Gallardo sat in their living room and watched as armed gunmen stormed a local television news studio, taking anchors and staff hostage during the live broadcast. Noboa, who had only been inaugurated two months earlier, declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country and ordered Ecuador’s armed forces to “neutralize” the members …

Ecuadorian prosecutor investigating TV studio attack shot dead
11 months ago

Ecuadorian prosecutor investigating TV studio attack shot dead

Firstpost  

In a brutal intensification of the ongoing “war” between the government and criminal organizations, the prosecutor looking into a spectacular armed assault by gangsters on live television was shot and killed on Wednesday, according to officials. The government last week declared war on powerful drug gangs, who in turn threatened to execute civilians and security forces and carried out a …

The Take: Ecuador’s president declared a war on gangs. Can it succeed?
11 months ago

The Take: Ecuador’s president declared a war on gangs. Can it succeed?

Al Jazeera  

President Daniel Noboa’s crackdown on gangs has curbed violence in Ecuador – but has the country become a narco-state? President Daniel Noboa says the country is in a state of war with gangs. In this episode: Alessandro Rampietti, Al Jazeera English correspondent for the Andes Marcel Mettelsiefen, Director, Ecuador: A Narco State Episode credits: This episode was produced by Ashish …

41 Hostage Prison Workers Are Freed in Ecuador
11 months, 1 week ago

41 Hostage Prison Workers Are Freed in Ecuador

News 18  

More than 40 Ecuador prison officials taken hostage by inmates have been freed, the prisons authority said Saturday, as the country grapples with a brutal campaign of gang terror. The 24 guards and 17 administrative employees “were released,” the SNAI prisons authority said without providing details, while 133 guards and three employees continue to be held hostage. The guards and …

A Spike in Violence Rattles Ecuador as Nightclub Arson Kills 2 and False Bomb Sparks Evacuation
11 months, 1 week ago

A Spike in Violence Rattles Ecuador as Nightclub Arson Kills 2 and False Bomb Sparks Evacuation

News 18  

A fake bomb threat rattled the capital of Ecuador on Thursday, sparking the mobilization of an anti-explosives unit to a bustling area, while authorities in a city west of Quito responded to a nightclub arson that killed two people as the South American country staggers under a spike in violence. Police said they were forced to evacuate people from Playón …

Drug cartel declares war on the government in Ecuador
11 months, 1 week ago

Drug cartel declares war on the government in Ecuador

Op India  

In Ecuador, several hundred soldiers patrolled the capital Quito, where residents were traumatised as an upsurge in violence shook the entire nation. President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency for 60 days and a night curfew on 8th January, but the gangs responded by declaring “war” and threatening to kill civilians and security forces. Just over two months after …

Ecuador Is 'In State of War' Against Cartels, President Daniel Noboa Says
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador Is 'In State of War' Against Cartels, President Daniel Noboa Says

News 18  

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday the country was in “a state of war” against drug cartels who have carried out a wave of kidnappings and deadly attacks in response to government crackdown. The latest crisis began when authorities on Monday reported the prison escape of one of the country’s most powerful narco bosses, Jose Adolfo Macias, known by the …

Ecuador ‘in state of war’ against drug cartels’ terror campaign
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador ‘in state of war’ against drug cartels’ terror campaign

Al Jazeera  

With city streets largely deserted apart from a massive military deployment, Ecuador found itself in a “state of war” as drug cartels waged a brutal campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown. The latest outburst of violence was sparked by the discovery on Sunday of the prison escape of one of the country’s most powerful narco …

Fito: The ‘most wanted’ drugs cartel kingpin who plunged Ecuador into national emergency
11 months, 1 week ago

Fito: The ‘most wanted’ drugs cartel kingpin who plunged Ecuador into national emergency

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A drug ganglord who …

Ecuador President orders gangs 'neutralised' after gunmen storm TV studio
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador President orders gangs 'neutralised' after gunmen storm TV studio

The Hindu  

Ecuador's President gave orders on Tuesday to "neutralise" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country. After the escape of Jose Adolfo Macias, aka "Fito" — leader of Ecuador's biggest gang Los Choneros — Mr. Noboa on Monday declared a nationwide state …

Armed attack during live broadcast at Ecuadorian TV station. What’s behind the spiraling violence?
11 months, 1 week ago

Armed attack during live broadcast at Ecuadorian TV station. What’s behind the spiraling violence?

Associated Press  

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — 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. According to authorities, disputes between gangs inside the prisons prompted the death in December of 2020 of a Los Choneros leader, …

From prison riots to gunmen storming TV broadcast, why Ecuador is witnessing mass violence
11 months, 1 week ago

From prison riots to gunmen storming TV broadcast, why Ecuador is witnessing mass violence

Firstpost  

Ecuador, situated between Colombia and Peru and long considered to be a peaceful nation, is facing perhaps its biggest security crisis. Storming a TV station On Tuesday, armed men wearing balaclavas burst into the studio of a public television station, TC Televisión network, in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, at about 2pm local time. Source: Reuters https://t.co/IGnYI9FmGf pic.twitter.com/xeGcOjNdHB — Mario Nawfal …

Ecuador president declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs amid soaring violence
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador president declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs amid soaring violence

Al Jazeera  

City streets deserted after gangs take prison staff hostage, set off explosions and briefly seize a TV station live on air. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa says his country is “at war” after drug gangs took more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage and briefly captured a TV station during a live broadcast. “We are at war, and we …

Ecuador’s narco gang violence: A timeline of the recent crisis
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador’s narco gang violence: A timeline of the recent crisis

Al Jazeera  

Long seen as stable in a region wracked with drug-related crime, Ecuador is now seeing brazen attacks that have shocked many. Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of emergency after at least 10 people were killed in a series of bold attacks in the past several days, as the South American country grapples with record gang-related violence. Before …

Ten killed, gangs unleash terror as Ecuador declares state of emergency
11 months, 1 week ago

Ten killed, gangs unleash terror as Ecuador declares state of emergency

Al Jazeera  

Gunmen storm TV station during live broadcast, more than 20 violent incidents reported as country lurches into crisis. At least 10 people have been killed in Ecuador in a series of attacks blamed on armed gangs, as the country plunges into chaos in what the new president has called an “internal armed conflict”. President Daniel Noboa, 36, declared a 60-day …

Ecuador: Masked gunmen interrupt live TV broadcast as violence rages across country | WATCH
11 months, 1 week ago

Ecuador: Masked gunmen interrupt live TV broadcast as violence rages across country | WATCH

India TV News  

Masked men carrying guns and explosives on Tuesday interrupted a live broadcast by Ecuadorian television channel TC as the country is rocked by several instances of violence after President Daniel Noboa issued a 60-day state of emergency. However, the Ecuadorian national police said it was evacuating the channel's studio in Guayaquil, verifying the condition of the staff and "reestablishing order". …

Armed gang storms Ecuador TV studio after state of emergency declared
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Armed gang storms Ecuador TV studio after state of emergency declared

Al Jazeera  

A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted by a group of armed people who forced staff to lie and sit on the floor, as shots and yelling were heard. The country’s president has declared 22 gangs as terrorist organisations and said that the country is in a state of “internal armed conflict”. “Extremely concerned by today’s violence …

Ecuador in state of emergency after drug boss’s prison break
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ecuador in state of emergency after drug boss’s prison break

The Telegraph  

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. Authorities in the once relatively peaceful South American country launched one of the biggest manhunts in its history after José Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as “Fito,” escaped in the port city of …

Ecuadorians are picking a new president, but their demands for safety will be hard to meet
1 year, 2 months ago

Ecuadorians are picking a new president, but their demands for safety will be hard to meet

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — The contest comes Sunday, and whoever wins the prize — a job that starts on Christmas — will face a difficult, if not impossible, task. “There’s nothing that fails like success,” said Lowell Gustafson, a Latin American politics professor at Villanova University. “Whoever wins this election is going to have to deal with this … but I …

Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security
1 year, 3 months ago

Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate. Ecuador’s National Police reported no injuries resulting from the four explosions in Quito, the capital, and in …

Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination
1 year, 4 months ago

Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination

Associated Press  

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader Monday, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate. “A heartfelt hug to the family of colleague Pedro Briones, fallen by the hands of violence.” The killing of Briones, who was a political leader …

Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets
1 year, 4 months ago

Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets

Associated Press  

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Belen Diaz was walking home from college one evening when a motorcycle carrying two men made a menacing U-turn. “We are at the hands of drug trafficking, of evil in its entirety.” The country’s National Police tallied 3,568 violent deaths in the first six months of this year, far more than the 2,042 reported during the same …

Ecuador: Gang Leader Who Threatened Slain Prez Candidate Transferred to Max Security
1 year, 4 months ago

Ecuador: Gang Leader Who Threatened Slain Prez Candidate Transferred to Max Security

News 18  

Ecuador transferred a powerful gang leader, accused of threatening a presidential candidate before he was slain, to a maximum security prison via a massive military and police operation on Saturday, officials said. At dawn some 4,000 heavily armed agents entered Prison 8 in Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador, where the head of the powerful Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, …

Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate’s killing
1 year, 4 months ago

Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate’s killing

Associated Press  

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Authorities moved the leader of one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison Saturday, three days after the assassination of a presidential candidate who had denounced threats from the feared criminal. President Guillermo Lasso said the relocation of Los Choneros leader Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito,” was meant “for the safety of citizens and detainees.” The …

Cartel politics: The Hindu Editorial on an assassination and Ecuador’s fight against drugs
1 year, 4 months ago

Cartel politics: The Hindu Editorial on an assassination and Ecuador’s fight against drugs

The Hindu  

The assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, just 11 days ahead of voting, shows that even its top politicians are not safe from organised gangs that have, in recent years, turned this South American nation into a hub of narco-trafficking. During the election campaign, he had promised measures to tackle gang violence such as building a maximum-security prison in …

Is Ecuador succumbing to gang violence and organised crime?
1 year, 4 months ago

Is Ecuador succumbing to gang violence and organised crime?

Al Jazeera  

A state of emergency has been imposed after assassination of presidential candidate. Fernando Villavicencio is the third electoral candidate to be killed in Ecuador in a matter of weeks. The former investigative journalist campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, accusing government officials of having links to organised crime. Ecuador is struggling with rising gang violence and drug trafficking. Presenter: Adrian Finighan …

How gang warfare jumped from Ecuador’s prisons to the open street
1 year, 4 months ago

How gang warfare jumped from Ecuador’s prisons to the open street

CNN  

CNN — Frantic purchases of ammunition, the daylight assassination of a mayor, and a growing body count inside Ecuador’s prisons signal that the country’s roiling security crisis is going from bad to worse. Security forces have struggled to confront the gangs inside overcrowded prisons, where inmates often take control of branches of the penitentiaries and run criminal networks from behind …

Ecuador announces state of emergency after mayor shot to death
1 year, 4 months ago

Ecuador announces state of emergency after mayor shot to death

Al Jazeera  

The country is also contending with violence within its prison system as deadly clashes erupt between gangs. Ecuador has announced a state of emergency in three provinces after a shooting left two people dead, including the mayor of a major city. In announcing the measure on Monday, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso paid tribute to the two victims, Agustín Intriago and …

Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador
1 year, 4 months ago

Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador

CNN  

CNN — Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in two provinces after its security crisis escalated over the weekend with the killing of a mayor and uprisings in several penitentiaries across the country. More than 90 prison security agents are currently being held by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador, according to the country’s penitentiary service SNAI. …

Ten killed as gang bosses’ transfer sparks prison riot in Ecuador
2 years, 1 month ago

Ten killed as gang bosses’ transfer sparks prison riot in Ecuador

Al Jazeera  

Ecuador has experienced eight prison riots which have left about 400 inmates dead since February 2021. Ten inmates have been killed in a riot at a prison in Ecuador’s capital Quito, which authorities said took place as a result of the government’s decision to relocate three crime bosses to a high-security facility. The prison riot and killings are the latest …

UN experts sound alarm as Ecuador sees more deadly prison clashes
2 years, 2 months ago

UN experts sound alarm as Ecuador sees more deadly prison clashes

Al Jazeera  

Recent violence in Ecuador’s prisons is the result of ‘decades of state abandonment’, United Nations panel says. A panel of United Nations experts has raised “grave” concerns about the deadly violence plaguing Ecuador’s prisons, as officials in the South American nation said after more than two dozen people were killed in bloody clashes this week. Hundreds of people have been …

Ecuador blames organised crime for deadly blast in Guayaquil
2 years, 4 months ago

Ecuador blames organised crime for deadly blast in Guayaquil

Al Jazeera  

President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency in Guayaquil, where eight houses and two cars were destroyed. Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency in the country’s second-largest city of Guayaquil after an explosion blamed on “organised-crime mercenaries” killed at least five people and injured 17 others. Ecuador’s prosecutor’s office said on its Twitter handle that …

Five Killed in Explosion in Ecuadoran Port City, Govt Blames 'Organized-crime Mercenaries'
2 years, 4 months ago

Five Killed in Explosion in Ecuadoran Port City, Govt Blames 'Organized-crime Mercenaries'

News 18  

Five people died and 16 were injured in an explosion Sunday in the Ecuadoran port city of Guayaquil in an attack the government blamed on organized crime, officials said. Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said “organized-crime mercenaries,” long involved in illicit drug traffic, were “now attacking with explosives.” “It is a declaration of war against the state,” Carrillo added on Twitter. …

Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot
2 years, 7 months ago

Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say at least 43 people killed after a fight broke out between rival gangs at prison 80km from Quito. Dozens of people have been killed in a fight between rival gangs inside a prison in Ecuador, the public prosecutor’s office said, in the latest instance of deadly prison violence in the South American nation. Authorities said a fight broke …

Ecuador declares emergency in three provinces over drug violence
2 years, 7 months ago

Ecuador declares emergency in three provinces over drug violence

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of police and troops will be deployed under the state of emergency, the second to be imposed by the president in a bid to curb drug-linked violence. Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso has imposed a state of emergency in three provinces blaming drug-related violence. It is the second time Lasso has used emergency powers to counter violence that has surged …

Ecuador pardons some inmates after deadly prison riots
3 years, 1 month ago

Ecuador pardons some inmates after deadly prison riots

Al Jazeera  

Ecuador is seeking to ease overcrowding in its prisons after gang-linked riots killed more than 300 people this year. Ecuador’s president has pardoned some prisoners in an effort to ease overcrowding in the country’s prisons following a string of riots that left more than 300 people dead this year. In a statement late on Monday, Guillermo Lasso’s press office said …

‘We are all suffering’: What’s going on inside Ecuador’s prisons?
3 years, 1 month ago

‘We are all suffering’: What’s going on inside Ecuador’s prisons?

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds have been killed in gang-linked riots this year, as experts say systemic problems plague country’s prisons. “Like all the other mothers in Guayaquil say, don’t give information, we don’t know anything, we don’t have access to anything.” Systemic problems Security experts in Ecuador have identified 11 armed groups that control the country’s prisons, including Ecuador’s largest, Los Choneros – …

Signs abounded that deadly Ecuador prison attack was coming
3 years, 1 month ago

Signs abounded that deadly Ecuador prison attack was coming

Associated Press  

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — The signs that an attack was imminent inside the largest prison in Ecuador’s coastal city of Guayaquil could not have been clearer. Hours later police announced what the prisoners inside Litoral already knew: The three men detained belonged to a prison gang that was stockpiling weapons. Prison officials talk of at least six factions: the “Lobos,” “JR,” …

Gun battle between rival gangs at Ecuador prison leaves at least 68 dead
3 years, 1 month ago

Gun battle between rival gangs at Ecuador prison leaves at least 68 dead

LA Times  

The body of an inmate killed in a gang battle at the Litoral Penitentiary is lowered by police from the roof of the prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Saturday. A prolonged gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison left at least 68 inmates dead and 25 wounded Saturday, while authorities said it took most of the day to …

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over drug violence
3 years, 2 months ago

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over drug violence

Al Jazeera  

President Guillermo Lasso orders the mobilisation of police and military in the streets as he struggles to curb drug-related violence. Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency as the country grapples with a surge in drug-related violence, and ordered the police and military onto the streets. “In the streets of Ecuador there is only one enemy: drug …

At least 116 dead in gang battle at Ecuador jail; 5 beheaded
3 years, 2 months ago

At least 116 dead in gang battle at Ecuador jail; 5 beheaded

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — A battle between gangs in a prison killed at least 116 people and injured 80 in what authorities are calling the worst penitentiary massacre in Ecuador’s history. “In the history of the country, there has not been an incident similar or close to this one,” said Ledy Zúñiga, the former president of Ecuador’s National Rehabilitation Council. Col. …

Ecuador deploys 100s of police to prison hit by deadly riot
3 years, 2 months ago

Ecuador deploys 100s of police to prison hit by deadly riot

Al Jazeera  

At least 116 inmates were killed this week in a prison riot that Ecuadorian officials say is linked to rival drug gangs. Ecuador’s national police force has said it sent hundreds of officers to a prison where a riot between rival gangs this week left at least 116 inmates dead and injured dozens more, in the deadliest outbreak of prison …

At least 24 killed in Ecuador prison gang riot: Police
3 years, 2 months ago

At least 24 killed in Ecuador prison gang riot: Police

Al Jazeera  

An Ecuador official said order restored in a prison after 24 killed and 42 wounded in one of the deadliest riots. At least 24 prisoners have been killed in a battle between inmates equipped with firearms and grenades at a prison in Guayaquil, according to Ecuador’s national bureau of prisons, which added that at least 42 others were wounded in …

Death toll in Ecuador prison riot tops 100: Officials
3 years, 2 months ago

Death toll in Ecuador prison riot tops 100: Officials

Al Jazeera  

Officials say deadly violence that involved gunfire, knives and explosions broke out after a dispute between two gangs. Officials in Ecuador say more than 100 inmates have been killed and 52 others injured in a riot between rival gangs inside a prison, the latest in a series of deadly clashes in the Andean nation’s overpopulated and understaffed prison system. Ecuador’s …

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