{"id":117383,"date":"2023-09-03T22:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=117383"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:09:29","slug":"prison-chaos-with-57-guards-and-police-taken-hostage-freed-as-car-bombs-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/prison-chaos-with-57-guards-and-police-taken-hostage-freed-as-car-bombs-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison chaos with 57 guards and police taken hostage freed as car bombs blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prison guards and prison officers have been rescued by the military after inmates at six different jails took 57 of them hostage. <\/p>\n<p>The shocking 24-hour stand-off took place after prisoners in Ecuador were angry at new raids organised by government officials to try and clean up the notoriously dangerous system in the country.<\/p>\n<p>All the hostages, who were unharmed, were snatched by lags in retaliation to the seizure of 49 knives and two bulletproof vests at the Latacunga Prison.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Bizarre Russian student initiation with &apos;naked bum slapping&apos; and &apos;improvised&apos; pelting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was the first of several planned raids to be carried out by the police who are being aided by the military.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30853146.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_ECUADOR-PRISON-CRIME-DRUGS.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Somehow, the inmates at Latacunga managed to coordinate with with five others across the country to make sure the hostage situations took place at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>It also took place at the same time several car bombs and home-made explosives set off around the country, one of which saw a domestic gas tank strapped to dynamite explode under a bridge in the Napo area<\/p>\n<p>This forced the country&apos;s president to take to X\/Twitter to explain why the raids are being done, and to double down on the insistence of continuing them.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: &quot;Ecuadorians, the measures we have taken, especially in the prison system, have generated violent reactions from criminal organizations that seek to intimidate the State.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30853149.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Ecuador-Violence-23244101491583.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30851902.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Mystery-buyer-viewed-Prigozhins-plane-hours-before-fatal-crash-source-claims.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Potential buyers of Wagner boss&apos; plane &apos;now chief suspects over doomed jet&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cBut we are firm and we are not going to go back on the objective of capturing dangerous criminals, dismantling criminal gangs and pacifying the country&apos;s prisons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the fight against organized crime we need the work of the entire State, but I emphasize the justice system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask the judges to act quickly and very rigorously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No deaths have been reported by local media during either the hostage situations or bombings, but six suspects have been arrested while investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><i><i><i><i>To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters<\/i> here.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/prison-chaos-57-guards-police-30853101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prison guards and prison officers have been rescued by the military after inmates at six different jails took 57 of them hostage. 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