Armed and hooded men burst into the set of TC Television, a public channel in Guayaquil (southwest of Ecuador), on Tuesday January 9 in the afternoon, and took journalists and journalists hostage. other employees, according to images broadcast live by this channel. The president declared the country in a state of “internal armed conflict”.
For three days, Ecuador has been facing an unprecedented security crisis. A state of emergency was declared after mutinies and hostage-taking in certain prisons following the escape of a powerful drug trafficker.
Once a haven of peace, Ecuador has been ravaged by the violence of criminal gangs for five years. Between 2018 and 2023, the number of homicides increased by 800%, from six to forty-six per 100,000 inhabitants.
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