Ecuador violence: Armed men arrested after storming into TV studio The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network. Prosecutors say ...

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts ...

Soldiers patrol the perimeter of Inca prison during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison.

Ecuador has seen its murder rate jump from 14 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 to 25 per 100,000 in 2022. Last year, the RTS TV station came under gunfire attack, and in 2020 a bomb exploded at ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when masked gunmen burst in, unleashing at least 15 minutes of ...

Gunmen storm Ecuador TV station during live show as attacks break out across country 02:28. Hundreds of soldiers patrolled near-deserted streets in Ecuador's capital Wednesday after the government ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A Ecuadorean journalist who was held hostage by gunmen during the takeover of a Guayaquil TV station and obliged to appear on camera at gunpoint told Reuters ...

Spain's High Court on Tuesday authorised the extradition of William Jofre Alcivar Bautista, accused of leading a violent attack on an Ecuadorian TV station in early 2024, provided that Ecuador ...

Shortly after the gunmen stormed the TV station, Noboa issued another decree designating 20 drug trafficking gangs operating in the country as terrorist groups and authorizing Ecuador’s military ...

Armed men have broken into the set of a public television channel in Ecuador as it broadcast live and threatened people while claiming to have bombs. The men with faces covered entered the set of ...

Soldiers patrol the perimeter of Inca prison during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast on Tuesday, and the president issued a decree ...