The TC television studio in Guayaquil, a port city in western Ecuador, was furnished with gunfire tonight, with gangsters carrying bombs and grenades rushing into a studio.
Before that, the gangsters had just sworn to obey"Anti-narcotics***"A plan to regain control is initiated"War"。
The attackers rushed into the studio with rifles and grenades, and a woman's plea was heard amid the sound of gunshots: Don't shoot, please don't shoot.
Live footage captured the attackers forcing the terrified staff to lie on the ground, a person could be heard screaming in obvious pain, and the studio lights went out, but the live broadcast continued for at least 15 minutes.
The voice of one of the TC employees comes out: Please, they're here to kill us. God don't let this happen.
Journalists on the screen were reportedly heard screaming'They will kill us all'。
One of the masked men who attacked the set reportedly said:'We're live so they know they can't play with the party.
After about 30 minutes of chaos, police officers were seen entering the studio, followed by shouting'A companion was injured'。
Ecuador** said on X that some units were deployed to the television station.
Ecuador has seen a series of attacks in recent days, including the abduction and kidnapping of several police officers, following a state of emergency imposed over the escape of a powerful gang leader.
Adolfo Fito Macias'fito'Macías) is the leader of the Los Choneros gang and was found missing from his cell in a low-security prison on the same day that he was supposed to be transferred to a high-security prison.
* Four police officers were abducted on Monday night, one in the capital Quito and three in the city of Quevedo, whose whereabouts remain unknown, reports said.
In addition, two people in possession of the property were arrested and were suspects in at least one attack in the country.
* did not disclose how many attacks took place in total, but several were reported locally, including the arson of some vehicles in the northern city, as well as a number of other attacks in Quito, including one near the residence of the president of the National Court of Justice.
The authorities did not say who was believed to be behind the attacks, or whether the events were part of a well-planned operation.
* Members of major drug trafficking gangs have previously been accused of involvement in similar attacks.
In recent years, Ecuador has suffered a sharp increase in drug-trafficking-related violence, including ** and kidnappings.
After the escape, prosecutors launched an investigation and charged two guards with the alleged escape, but neither the **, the correctional system, nor the federal ** confirmed whether Macias escaped from prison or may have been hiding there.
In February 2013, Macias escaped from a maximum-security prison, but was captured a few weeks later.
This Monday, Daniel Novoa ** orderedA 60-day state of emergency has been imposed across the country, allowing the authorities to suspend the exercise of their rights and mobilize the military in places such as prisons.
*A curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. was also imposed.
He added that Ecuador** has decided to fight crime.
But hours after the declaration of the state of emergency in Noboa, a nationwide wave of attacks began.
Both experts and authorities have acknowledged that gang members actually rule inside the prison and that Macias is believed to have been controlling his gang inside the detention center.