(Guayaquil) « Merci à tous pour vos messages de soutien ! Merci à la police ! » : la télévision équatorienne TC, dont les studios à Guayaquil ont brièvement été pris d’assaut mardi par un gang criminel, a repris la diffusion de ses émissions jeudi.
« Merci à tous chers téléspectateurs pour vos messages de solidarité […] We are here thanks to and for each of you,” declared a presenter on air, when the live signal resumed at 12:30 p.m. local time.
“Thank you also to the police and the army for their professionalism and their impeccable work,” underlined the journalist, visibly very moved.
“In less than fifteen minutes” these police and soldiers “were able to subdue those who claimed to sow terror. They took back control of these facilities and allowed each of us to hug our families again.”
“All our gratitude […]. We are back, with more strength […]alongside the people who allow us to accompany them every day because they trust this team to inform with complete truth and transparency […] », added the presenter, sobs in her voice, pleading in conclusion for an “Ecuador of peace”.
The local branch of TC Télévision, a public channel, was stormed live on Tuesday afternoon by around fifteen armed and hooded men claiming to be gang members and threatening to execute journalists and staff caught with guns drawn. the temple.
The very spectacular images have gone around the world and sowed a wave of panic since the start on Monday of this unprecedented security crisis between criminal gangs linked to drug trafficking and the Ecuadorian state.
The rapid intervention of the police made it possible to put an end to the hostage-taking without causing any fatalities, with the arrest of thirteen attackers.