Ecuador police arrest gunmen for invading TV studio 

Ecuador’s Police have  apprehended suspects involved in the attack on TC Television in Guayaquil, where individuals where threatened during a live broadcast.

Ecuador’s Police made this known on their  X account late on Tuesday.

Writing in Spanish the police said, :As a result of the intervention at #tctelevision #GYE, our police units have so far managed to apprehend several individuals and evidence linked to the crime.

” Further details will follow.”

Ecuador declared a state of emergency on Monday after a drug lord escaped from maximum security detention and unrest broke out at several prisons in the violence-plagued country.

President Daniel Noboa announced a 60-day mobilisation of soldiers in Ecuador’s streets and prisons as a manhunt was under way for gangster Jose Adolfo Macias, alias “Fito.”

The President said there would also be a curfew from 11pm to 5am daily.

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