Ecuador's security crisis worsened after car bombs exploded in several Andean cities, while inmates took dozens of prison guards hostage and prosecutors asked…

Ecuador’s national prison service said Thursday that inmates at six prisons had taken more than 50 guards and police officers hostage; they were released Friday. Ecuador’s security crisis worsened on Friday after car bombs exploded in several once relatively tranquil Andean cities, while inmates…

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