Armed gangs, prison breaks and on-air hostages: how Ecuador was plunged into crisis

Armed gangs, prison breaks and on-air hostages: how Ecuador was plunged into crisis

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Ecuador's gangs have unleashed violent war on the government, after the president declared a state of emergency following the escape of the country's most notorious drug trafficker from jail. Hooded gunmen burst into a public TV station yesterday in Guayaquil, the country's economic capital. The…

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