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Haiti transitional government takes power as gangs hold capital ‘hostage’
Haiti's transition council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalizing the resignation of former Prime Minster Ariel Henry...
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Ecuador battles drug gangs behind surge of violence
Ecuador's president has declared war on drugs gangs holding scores of prison guards hostage in a wave of violence...
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Ecuador TV station hostage recounts ‘surreal’ armed takeover
A Ecuadorean journalist who was held hostage by gunmen during the takeover of a Guayaquil TV station and obliged...
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Gunmen in Ecuador storm TV studio in wave of violence
Gunmen with explosives stormed a TV station on-air in Ecuador on Tuesday during a wave of violence around the...
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EXPLAINER-What is happening in Ecuador?
A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted on Tuesday by balaclava-clad gunmen, the most dramatic recent...
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Ecuador roiled by on-air take-over of TV studio by gunmen, other violence
Ecuador faced a string of violent incidents on Tuesday, including the on-air invasion of a TV station by gunmen,...
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Ecuador’s ‘most-wanted’ criminal disappears from prison
Ecuador's "most-wanted prisoner", the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, disappeared from the jail where he was being...
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Members of Italian drug gang arrested across Europe -Europol
Fourteen members of an Italian criminal network involved in drugs trafficking have been arrested in Belgium, the Netherlands and...