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Three suspected leaders of a failed coup against Bolivian President Luis Arce arrive at the Chonchocoro high-security prison not far from Bolivia's capital La Paz where the suspected leaders of a failed coup against President Luis Arce. IMAGES
Images of the Chonchocoro high-security prison not far from Bolivia's capital La Paz where the suspected leaders of a failed coup against President Luis Arce are set to be held. Former army chief Juan Jose Zuniga, former head of navy Juan Arnez and Alejandro Irahola, former head of the army's mechanized brigade, face charges of engaging in an armed uprising and terrorism and face up to 20 years in prison. IMAGES
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
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 20 people, including civilians and prisoners, have been killed in fighting between security forces and gunmen who raided an Afghan jail in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Monday. Outside the prison compound, heavily armed Afghan security forces stand by in armoured vehicles mounted with machine guns. IMAGES.