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Ecuador: the country in a state of civil war after the escape of a major gang leader
Since the escape on Sunday January 7 of the leader of a gang of 8,000 men at the heart of cocaine trafficking in Ecuador, the country has been in a state of civil war. Armed men invaded a television set trying to take hostages. 13 attackers were arrested. – (Franceinfo)
Since the escape on Sunday January 7 of the leader of a gang of 8,000 men at the heart of cocaine trafficking in Ecuador, the country has been in a state of civil war. Armed men invaded a television set trying to take hostages. 13 attackers were arrested.
In Ecuador, armed men invaded a television set. A surreal scene that occurred live. They targeted the presenter, who remained impressively calm, calling on the attackers to calm down. Gunshots then rang out. Several long minutes later, the police were intervened. The police overpowered the perpetrators of this hostage-taking attempt.
The country plunged into unprecedented chaos
No one was killed, but there were injuries. 13 attackers were arrested, handcuffed, then quickly taken out by the police. They are believed to be part of a drug trafficking gang. Ecuador has been plunged into unprecedented chaos since the escape, on Sunday January 7, of Adolfo Macias, alias “Fito”, public enemy number one, leader of an 8,000-man gang at the heart of cocaine trafficking. Ecuador is in a state of civil war. The Ecuadorian president has declared a state of emergency.
