Ecuador declares war on armed gangs after TV station attacked on air - BBC
Jan 10, 2024 · Ecuador's president has ordered that criminal gangs be "neutralised" after days of violence culminated in an attack on a television studio. Masked gunmen broke into public television channel TC's...
Ecuador in 'internal armed conflict' after gang leader's prison …
Jan 9, 2024 · About 20 masked men stormed the set of an Ecuadorian TV station while it was live on air, waving guns and what appeared to be explosives. President Daniel Noboa declared an internal armed...
Ecuador president declares ‘war’ with criminal gangs
Jan 10, 2024 · Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa says his country is “at war” after drug gangs took more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage and briefly captured a TV station during a live...
Ecuador declares 'internal armed conflict'; gunmen storm TV station …
Jan 10, 2024 · Police in Ecuador arrested 13 gunmen who stormed a television station, as President Daniel Noboa declared the violence that has erupted across the South American country "an internal armed ...
Ecuador's Noboa Cracks Down on Gang Violence - Foreign Policy
Jan 10, 2024 · On Tuesday, gunmen armed with explosives stormed TC Televisión in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, during a live broadcast and tried to force a presenter to read out a statement on air before...
Gunmen storm Ecuador TV station after president declares state …
Jan 10, 2024 · Armed and masked gunmen stormed a television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast on Tuesday, taking the hosts hostage and calling for President Daniel Noboa to end his crackdown on organized crime.
Ecuador's president orders military to 'neutralize' gangs after …
Jan 9, 2024 · Ecuador’s president gave orders on Tuesday to “neutralize” criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in...
Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV studio shot …
Jan 18, 2024 · The assault on TC Television was broadcast live and led President Daniel Noboa to declare that the Andean country was in a state of “internal armed conflict” amid a spate of violent crimes tied...
Ecuador president defies gangs to take on the army - BBC
Jan 11, 2024 · Mr Noboa declared a state of emergency on Monday after a wave of gang violence swept through the Andean country. In the most dramatic incident, armed men stormed a TV station and threatened...
Ecuador president declares 'internal armed conflict' after armed …
Jan 10, 2024 · Shortly after heavily armed hooded men invaded a television station in the city of Guayaquil, and amid escalating tensions, Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa issued on Tuesday a decree...