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Added on the 13/08/2023 15:23:27 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Footage shows an explosion conducted by the so-called Ecuadorian Security Bloc, a unit integrated by the Police and Armed Forces to combat drug trafficking, at the maximum security prison in the port of Guayaquil (southwest) in order to foil an explosive-equipped drone attack. IMAGES
Ecuador's police arrest a gang leader accused in a failed plot to assassinate Ecuador's attorney general, three months after escaping from prison, according to officials. Fabricio Colon Pico, a leader of the Los Lobos gang, was one of the country's most wanted men. IMAGES
Police stand guard outside a court in Quito as the trial begins of the five alleged killers of the then-Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was gunned down in August 2023 after a campaign event. IMAGES
Ecuador's military continues search operations as the country was declared under a "state of emergency" following an escalation of gang violence, since the prison escape of one of the country's most powerful narco bosses. IMAGES
Images released by Ecuador's Armed Forces show military personnel and police officers carrying out a joint operation at the Zonal Penitentiary No 8 in the major port of Guayaquil. It comes amid the state of emergency declared in Ecuador on August 10, following the assassination of popular presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio ahead of the elections. The leader of one of Ecuador's most powerful criminal groups Los Choneros, known as 'Fito', is incarcerated at the penitentiary. IMAGES
At least 31 inmates died in a prison in Guayaquil, as fresh violence spread to the streets of the border province of Esmeraldas, in northwestern Ecuador. Vehicles were burned, soldiers deployed on the streets, and shops are closed. The government also said that inmates are holding 15 guards and two staffers hostage in a local jail in Esmeraldas. IMAGES
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