In state of 'internal armed conflict', Ecuador vows to 'neutralise' gangs
Ecuador's president gave orders Tuesday to "neutralise" criminal gangs after gunmen opened fire in a TV studio and bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the violence-riddled country. Daniel Noboa declared the country to be in a state of "internal armed conflict" after gangsters declared "war" in an escalating security crisis sparked by the prison escape Sunday of one of Ecuador's most powerful narco bosses.