Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday,…
The fragile security of Ecuador has been underscored by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities. Ecuador’s National Police on Thursday reported no injuries resulting from the explosions in Quito and in a pro…
Just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate, a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of law enforcement continue in Ecuador.
President Guillermo Lasso’s government says the six explosions in three cities were terrorist acts by violent prison gangs which have also taken dozens of guards hostage
QUITO, Ecuador >> Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored today by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate.
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