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Ecuador deems drug gangs 'terrorist groups' after live TV attack
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The country has been plunged into chaos after its most notorious gang leader and drug lord, Adolfo Macías, escaped from prison on Sunday.
Facing a surge in violence, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday issued a revised decree designating 20 drug gangs as terrorist groups.
The country has been plunged into chaos after its most notorious gang leader and drug lord, Adolfo Macías, escaped from prison on Sunday.
Then on Tuesday, there was a string of violent incidents, including one in which masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast.
This prompted the president to revise his initial decree recognising an “internal armed conflict” and identifying the gangs as terrorist groups.
The national police chief later announced that authorities had arrested all 13 of the masked intruders.
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