Hundreds of jail guards kidnapped in Ecuador

Officials in Ecuador have reported that more than 50 prison guards and seven police officers have been captured as hostages in multiple jails.

Two explosions caused by car bombs happened in the capital city, Quito. These explosions were aimed at the authority that manages the country’s prisons.

No one was harmed in the bombings and at least six individuals have been taken into custody.

The police think that one of the recent incidents may have been done in response to a search for weapons at a large jail in the country.

Ecuador’s leader of the department in charge of security inside the country, Juan Zapata, mentioned that the government is doing something to address the situation but did not provide more information.

Mr Zapata said that we are worried about keeping our officials safe.

Some time ago, a bomb was aimed at a building in Quito that used to be used by the SNAI. The second bomb was aimed at the main building of the agency.

Police said that the second attack was done using a car that had been set up with explosives.

The Mayor of Quito, Pabel Muñoz, said that there were explosions caused by grenades in the city last night.

Drug gangs in Ecuador are causing more violence, and this is making things really hard for the prisons, which are already low on resources and have too many people in them.

In Ecuador’s overcrowded jails, many inmates have died in violent fights.

On Wednesday, a lot of police officers and soldiers looked for weapons and explosives in Cotopaxi jail in the southern city of Latacunga. They wanted to stop more violence from happening there.

Ecuador’s President, Guillermo Lasso, said that our actions, especially in the prison system, have caused violent responses from criminal groups who are trying to scare the government.

However, we are determined and will not change our mind about our goal of capturing dangerous criminals, breaking up criminal groups, and making the country’s prisons peaceful.