Ecuador's most notorious inmate escapes
Ecuador's most notorious inmate escapes
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00:00 Ecuador declared a state of emergency after a dangerous narco boss escaped from maximum security detention
00:06 and unrest broke out at several prisons in the violence-plagued country.
00:11 President Daniel Novoa announced a 60-day mobilization of soldiers in Ecuador's streets and prisons
00:17 as a manhunt was underway for gangster Jose Adolfo Macias, alias Fito.
00:24 There would also be a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily.
00:28 The state of emergency would give members of the armed forces all the political and legal support
00:33 they need to carry out their duties in a battle against what he described as narco-terrorists.
00:39 The gang leader had been serving a 34-year sentence for organized crime, drug trafficking, and murder since 2011.
00:48 This is his second prison escape. The last was in 2013 when he was recaptured after three months.