"Ecuador in Crisis: Gunmen Storm TV Studio After Notorious Prison Escape"

Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa ordered military operations against criminal groups after gunmen stormed a television studio and gangsters threatened security forces and civilians following a prison escape by a powerful criminal boss. The country is in a state of "internal armed conflict" as violence escalates between rival gangs with links to Mexican and Colombian cartels. Authorities reported explosions, kidnapped police officers, and a chilling video showing officers being threatened. The president vowed to bring the fight to the cartels and declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew, as unrest broke out in several prisons.