Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station after state of emergency declared

Gangsters unleashed wave of terror following move by President Daniel Noboa in response to gang leader’s prison escape

Heavily armed gangsters have stormed the studio of a major television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast as criminal groups launched a series of seemingly coordinated attacks across the South American country and its prison system was plunged into chaos.

Toting pistols, machine guns and sticks of dynamite, the masked criminals stormed the headquarters of the TC Televisión network in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, at about 2pm local time.