Ecuador's president has declared war on drug gangs amid spiraling violence.
Soldiers are patrolling the streets and schools and shops are closed in many big cities.
Unrest broke out when a state of emergency was declared over a drug lord's prison escape. Inmates are holding more than 100 prison staff hostage. Gunmen also stormed a news station and held journalists captive on live TV.
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03:18 Steven Dudley, InSight Crime
08:33 Adriana Noboa Arregui, Journalist
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Soldiers are patrolling the streets and schools and shops are closed in many big cities.
Unrest broke out when a state of emergency was declared over a drug lord's prison escape. Inmates are holding more than 100 prison staff hostage. Gunmen also stormed a news station and held journalists captive on live TV.
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03:18 Steven Dudley, InSight Crime
08:33 Adriana Noboa Arregui, Journalist
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