GUAYAQUIL

Ecuador, uccisa la direttrice del carcere Litoral
epa11088561 A handout photo made available by the Ecuadorian Armed Forces of an intervention by the Litoral Penitentiary, after a riot in the prison center erupted in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 18 January 2024. A large contingent of police and soldiers entered the Guayaquil Regional Prison where Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar 'Fito', the leader of the criminal gang 'Los Choneros,' escaped on 07 January. During the intervention, the police and the military immobilized the half-naked prisoners in one of the patios to carry out an exhaustive search of the cells in search of weapons and prohibited objects. EPA/ARMED FORCES OF ECUADOR / HANDOUT ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING STORY/CREDIT MANDATORY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Ecuador: militari fanno irruzione nel carcere di Guayaquil
epa11077842 A member of Ecuadorian Army patrols near the Zonal Deprivation of Liberty Center No. 8 penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 14 January 2024. Ecuador's Armed Forces are trying to overcome the wave of violence unleashed by criminal gangs in prisons and on the streets. In the last six days they have arrested 1,327 people, 143 of them on terrorism charges, with the application of a state of emergency declared by Daniel Noboa's government. EPA/Carlos Duran Araujo