{"id":89436,"date":"2024-01-09T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/hooded-gunmen-burst-onto-live-tv-set-in-ecuador-after-drug-lord-escape-triggers-state-of-emergency-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T22:50:21","slug":"hooded-gunmen-burst-onto-live-tv-set-in-ecuador-after-drug-lord-escape-triggers-state-of-emergency-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/hooded-gunmen-burst-onto-live-tv-set-in-ecuador-after-drug-lord-escape-triggers-state-of-emergency-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooded gunmen burst onto live TV set in Ecuador after drug lord escape triggers state of emergency | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hooded gunmen have burst onto a live TV set in Ecuador – a day after the country’s president declared a state of emergency following the escape of one of the country’s most-notorious drug gang bosses from prison.<\/p>\n

Live television images broadcast on Tuesday showed hooded people – some waving guns – inside Ecuador’s<\/strong> TC Television station in Guayaquil.<\/p>\n

They were seen telling staff to lie down on the floor and shouted that they had “bombs”, while shouting and noises similar to gunshots could be heard in the background.<\/p>\n

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Some of the group gestured at the camera and someone could be heard yelling “no police”, before the broadcast feed was eventually cut.<\/p>\n

The national police said on social media its specialised units had been deployed to the television station, before publishing footage of armed officers surrounding the building.<\/p>\n

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Police later shared a post on X, formerly Twitter, in which said they had “captured” several suspects and evidence linked to the incident.<\/p>\n

National police commander Cesar Zapata told the TV channel Teleamazonas that all of those involved had been arrested and officers had seized a number of guns and explosives<\/p>\n

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“This is an act that should be considered as a terrorist act,” Mr Zapata said.<\/p>\n

The astonishing incident comes a day after Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency after one of the country’s most-notorious drug gang bosses escaped from prison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At least seven police officers have also been kidnapped, and there have been a series of explosions reported across the South American country.<\/p>\n

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Mr Noboa, the son of one of Ecuador’s richest men, took office in November promising to stem a wave of drug-related violence on the streets and in prisons.<\/p>\n

The drug lord, Adolfo Macias – also known as Fito – was first reported missing from his cell on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The leader of the Los Choneros gang was serving a 34-year sentence in La Regional prison for drug trafficking and murder.<\/p>\n

His reported escape occurred on the same day he was scheduled to be transferred to a maximum security facility in the city of Guayaquil.<\/p>\n

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Ecuador<\/strong>‘s prosecutors have filed charges against two prison guards as part of their investigation into the alleged escape.<\/p>\n

Los Choneros is one of the gangs authorities consider responsible for a spike in violence that reached new heights last year with the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The gang has links with Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

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Mr Villavicencio had claimed Los Choneros threatened him, but authorities have been unable to formally accuse Macias or his group of being behind the murder.<\/p>\n

The state of emergency announced by Mr Noboa allows for the use of military patrols, on the streets and in prisons, and the setting of a national nighttime curfew.<\/p>\n

It was updated on Tuesday, recognising an “internal armed conflict”, identifying several criminal gangs as terrorist groups, including Los Choneros, and ordering the armed forces to neutralise them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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