Ecuador: Number of officials kidnapped by inmate’s rises
Ecuador is living in a serious prison crisis that has led to the kidnapping of at least 178 prison officials by inmates. President Daniel Noboa has declared a state of emergency and ordered the armed forces to restore order in the country. teleSUR
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00:00 Welcome back to From the South. In Ecuador, the number of penitentiary service officials
00:04 kidnapped by persons deprived of liberty has risen to 178. According to the National Service
00:11 of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Juvenile Offenders of Ecuador,
00:16 there are 158 penitentiary agents and 20 members of the administrative staff kidnapped by inmates
00:24 in five prisons of the country since last Sunday, January 7. Authorities informed that
00:29 for the moment operations and security protocols are being maintained for the release of the
00:34 officials. The South American country is going through a sudden increase in violence provoked
00:39 by criminal groups about which bomb threats alerts have been registered in the south of Quito,
00:45 while in the city of El Coca three deaths were reported in a rarson attack in a nightclub.
00:57 In Ecuador, at least one person died and five were injured on Wednesday.