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Chaos In Ecuador: Drug Gangs Wreak Havoc Across The Country
www.forbes.com ^ | Jan 9, 2024 | Elias Ferrer Breda

Posted on 01/09/2024 5:03:12 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

A group of armed men took over the station of TC Televisión, in Guayaquil, Ecuador at 2 pm local time. They attempted to take the staff inside hostage.

Ecuador’s national police have already taken the TV station back, as shown in an announcement with pictures of the attackers in cuffs on the ground.

The attack comes amidst President Daniel Noboa’s crackdown on organized crime. He is under two months into his term, though the president had committed to oppose drug cartels from the start.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: druggangs; ecuador; war


1 posted on 01/09/2024 5:03:12 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Video
A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted by hooded and armed people
https://rumble.com/v4631sf-a-live-broadcast-by-ecuadorean-television-station-tc-was-interrupted-by-hoo.html


2 posted on 01/09/2024 5:04:13 PM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: janetjanet998

Coming soon to a channel near you. Check your listings for local times.


3 posted on 01/09/2024 5:10:32 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: janetjanet998

Hey!

I have a great idea!

Let’s bring more of them here as “refugees”!


4 posted on 01/09/2024 5:17:59 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Eccl 10:2; Jane Long

Yep.

Mexican president demands $20B, work permits for 10M Hispanics in exchange for immigration help

https://news.yahoo.com/mexican-president-demands-20b-permits-142917025.html


5 posted on 01/09/2024 5:24:48 PM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: janetjanet998

All because Democrats have to have their drugs.

Leftist destroy everything they touch


6 posted on 01/09/2024 5:31:07 PM PST by Fai Mao (Strarve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: Rusty0604

I saw that!!

Hey....Creepy Joe....what a great negotiator you are!

NOT!!

Bring. Back. Trump!!


7 posted on 01/09/2024 5:52:18 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Rusty0604

He should do what Trump helped the guy in El Salvador do.

Round them up and throw them in an ultramax prison.


8 posted on 01/09/2024 5:56:24 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Eccl 10:2

No they need to be executed immediately

The problem will never go away othewise.


9 posted on 01/09/2024 6:24:46 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

Agreed. Though I suspect the guy in El Salvador is gonna get around to that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2IwJDm2-kk


10 posted on 01/09/2024 7:00:38 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Jane Long

You know how Trump is always talking about how you can’t clean clothes and dishes under the green regulations? Court decided today DOE doesn’t have the authority to regulate water in appliances.


11 posted on 01/09/2024 7:47:30 PM PST by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: Rusty0604

Apparently, billions from the illegals already here aren’t enough for that greedy bas*ard.


12 posted on 01/09/2024 8:44:42 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: Eccl 10:2

As long as they are alive they are a danger. Bad guys can overwhelm the guards and free them.

They are an enemy army.


13 posted on 01/10/2024 2:32:28 AM PST by Chickensoup
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