Gang-ruled prisons, assassinated politicians and a drug lord's killing in Ecuador

Saturday, 2 September 2023
A mass hostage taking in Ecuador's gang-ruled prisons and the assassination of a politician are the latest bloody episodes in a country gripped by the cocaine trade.

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