Security Forces maintain operations in prisons and streets in Ecuador
The government of Ecuador's president, Daniel Noboa, presented on Sunday a new report on the results of the security operations implemented since January 9, when he decreed the internal armed conflict, in the face of acts of violence generated by organized crime groups. teleSUR
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00:00 Ecuador's control and quell decided a number of prison riots that broke out simultaneously
00:04 amid this week's wave of criminal violence.
00:07 The government also released more than 150 hostages who had been held hostage by the
00:11 inmates.
00:12 Through a message on social media, Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa confirmed the release
00:17 of all the hostages who had been held in the prisons of the cities of Esmeraldas, La Tacunga,
00:22 Ambato, Cuenca, Azogues, Loja and Machala since the beginning of the week.
00:27 The riots had become the focus of ongoing violence that broke out on Tuesday with a
00:31 series of attacks in different parts of the country.
00:34 According to the authorities, the riots of the last five days claimed the lives of at
00:37 least four people, among them a guard and three prisoners.