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A group of masked and armed miscreants stormed into and hijacked a live broadcast of Ecuadorean television station TC on Tuesday. Just moments before the live feed ended, the armed miscreants were seen taking people as hostages and leaving the premises. Ecuador President Daniel Noboa issued a decree declaring 22 gangs as terrorist organisations. The national police stated that it was evacuating the public channel’s studio, verifying the condition of staff there and “reestablishing order,” as reported by news agency Reuters.
As per the footage doing rounds on social media, the miscreants were seen forcing people to lie on the floor, zip-tied.
🇪🇨 | URGENTE: Delincuentes irrumpieron en TC Televisión y secuestran a todos en vivo y directo en Guayaquil, Ecuador. pic.twitter.com/ob1yleusOc
— Alerta Mundial (@AlertaMundoNews) January 9, 2024
The national police said on social media it was evacuating the public channel’s studio in Guayaquil, verifying the condition of staff there and “reestablishing order”.
The police in Ecuador’s Guayaquil confirmed 13 arrests, as per Reuters.
According to a BBC report, a 60-day state of emergency was announced in Ecuador on Monday following the disappearance of a notorious gangster from his prison cell. It is yet to be ascertained if the attack at TC was related to the disappearance of the boss of the Choneros gang, Adolfo Macías Villamar, or Fito as he is better known.
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