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329 in Ecuador Detained After Gang Leader’s Jail Break

The chaos that started in Ecuador after Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, nicknamed “Fito,” the leader of the Los Choneros gang, escaped from La Regional prison in Guayaquil on January 8 continues. A total of 329 people, most of them from the Los Choneros, Los Lobos, and Los Tiguerones gangs, have been detained since the declaration of a state of emergency.

Some gang members who took to the streets on January 9 attempted to take journalists and employees hostage after raiding a television studio during a live broadcast. The police detained 13 people.

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