In Ecuador there is a bandit uprising: thousands of bandits against the police and army

In Ecuador there is a bandit uprising: thousands of bandits against the police and army There are street battles and brutal executions by gangs of police and soldiers - the mafia has risen up and declared war on the country. There are explosions in the cities and armed clashes in the streets - criminal groups demand that the president lift martial law. Bandits take over police stations, metro stations, various institutions and shops. Hundreds of people have been kidnapped and taken hostage. Executions of security forces continue. Attacks and hostage-taking are taking place in different cities, riots have started in prisons, from where the heads of the two largest cartels - “Los Choneros“ and “Los Lobos“ - have escaped. The country’s president declared a situation of “internal armed conflict“ and brought the army into the cities. After seizing the live studio of the TC TV channel, the attackers were detained by special forces. The army has been ordered to neutralise more than 20 groups with tens of thousands of militants. The commander has declared them a military target, promising there will be no negotiations with them. It all started amidst the consideration of recognising the gangs as terrorist groups, and the President bringing in additional army and police forces to fight the gangs, to which the criminal gangs responded with an uprising. #3 Our channel: Node of Time EN Источник: Node of Time EN