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Gunmen storm TV station in Ecuador live on air after state of emergency declared
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoArmed militia stormed a television studio during a live broadcast in Ecuador carrying shotguns,...
Killing of Ecuador candidate deepens country's sense of vulnerability to crime
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe brazen assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a crowded...
Gunmen in Ecuador storm TV studio in wave of violence
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGUAYAQUIL/QUITO (Reuters) -Gunmen with explosives stormed a TV station on-air in Ecuador on Tuesday...
Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador's fragile security
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoEcuador's fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the...
Ecuador to launch military operations to fight terrorism -minister
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEcuador's military will launch special-forces operations nationally in a bid to counter groups and...
Ecuador battles drug gangs behind surge of violence
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEcuador's president has declared war on drugs gangs holding scores of prison guards hostage in a wave of violence that saw the storming of a TV station...
Dozens of prisoners escape Ecuador jail amid continued military operations
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoForty-three prisoners remain at large after escaping a prison in northern Ecuador, the SNAI prisons...
Ecuador cracks down on prisons to restore order after hostage crisis
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEcuador's police and military on Sunday were aiming to restore order inside the country's dangerous...
WATCH: Military and police in Ecuador raid prisons after week of unprecedented violence
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe police and military operation came a day after President Daniel Noboa and the official body that...
Ecuador's armed forces raid prisons in attempt to stop gang violence
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSoldiers and police intervened on Sunday in several prisons in Ecuador in search of weapons,...