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Ecuador declares state of emergency after narco boss escapes prison

Police leave the El Inca prison after a security operation due to riots, following the disappearance of Jose Adolfo Macias, alias 'Fito', in Quito, Ecuador, January 8, 2024. © Karen Toro, Reuters

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Monday declared a country-wide state of emergency, including the prison system, after an "extremely dangerous" narco boss escaped from his maximum security cell and unrest erupted at several penitentiaries.

"I have just signed a decree for a state of emergency so that the armed forces have all the political and legal support in their actions" against these "narcoterrorists," Noboa said on his Instagram account.

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