Hooded gunmen have burst onto a live TV set in Ecuador.
Live television images broadcast on Tuesday showed hooded people inside Ecuador’s TC television station in Guayaquil, some of whom were seen waving guns.
They were seen telling staff to lie down on the floor, as shots and yelling were heard in the background.
The incident comes amid the kidnappings of at least seven police officers and a series of explosions, a day after Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency.
The state of emergency came after one of the country’s most-notorious drug gang bosses escaped from prison.
Adolfo Macias – also known as Fito – was first reported missing from his cell on Sunday.
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