The unprecedented assault on the TV station in Guayaquil, a port city in Ecuador, came hours after a series of other attacks and police officer abductions. It also followed the apparent escapes from prison of two of the leaders of the country’s most powerful gangs. Soldiers patrol outside the government palace during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 9, 2024. ___Solano reported from Quito, Ecuador. Gabriela Molina, in Quito, Ecuador, and Manuel Rueda in Bogota, Colombia, contributed.

Source: Huffington Post January 10, 2024 16:21 UTC