They are 158 prison guards and 20 administrative staff who were captured by inmates in seven prisons in Ecuador, amid an upsurge in violence in the country.
The 178 prison officials who were hostages of prisoners who rebelled in prisons in Ecuador have been released, announced on Saturday night (that’s early Sunday morning in Greece) the prison management service (SNAI).
They are 158 prison guards and 20 administrative staff who have been captured by inmates in seven Ecuadorian prisons, amid an upsurge in violence in the Latin American country.
Strong forces of the army and the police “intervened” to suppress the riots in the prisons, in various parts of the country.
The announcement of the escape on January 7 from prisons in Guayaquil (southwest) of notorious Los Choneros gang leader Jose Adolfo Macia Villamar, known by the nickname “Fito”, triggered chain uprisings by inmates in penitentiaries, which escalated with gang attacks on of law enforcement.
Ecuador’s new president, Daniel Noboa, declared a state of emergency and ordered the military to neutralize criminal gangs, which he called “terrorist groups.”
More than 22,400 troops were mobilized as part of operations to quell prison riots and fight organized crime, while a curfew was imposed.
Residents of Ecuador’s largest cities are trying to gradually return to normal after the panic that spread when gunmen stormed the set of a television station in Guayaquil, which was captured on live broadcast.
Source :Skai
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