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Images of the Chonchocoro high-security prison not far from Bolivia's capital La Paz where the suspected leaders of a failed coup against President Luis Arce are set to be held. Former army chief Juan Jose Zuniga, former head of navy Juan Arnez and Alejandro Irahola, former head of the army's mechanized brigade, face charges of engaging in an armed uprising and terrorism and face up to 20 years in prison. IMAGES
Images have surfaced of the Federal Police headquarters in Santos, on the coast of Sao Paulo, where former Brazilian football player Robinho was held after his arrest. He was sentenced to nine years in prison in Brazil for his involvement in a gang rape case in Italy dating back to 2017. IMAGES
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says that Israel's military campaign in Gaza has turned the territory into the world's "greatest open-air graveyard". Borrell's comment comes as he arrives in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers. SOUNDBITE
Military and police guard an air base in Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil where the wife and children of Ecuadoran fugitive Adolfo Macias, the drug lord known as "Fito," are being held after being expelled from Argentina. IMAGES
Inmates stand on the roof of the Turi prison, in Ecuador’s southern city of Cuenca, as they hold prison guards hostage inside, while police forces gather outside the facilities. One of the country's most feared gangsters is believed to have escaped from prison on January 7 before an operation at the prison where he was serving his sentence, according to authorities. Following the escape of the head of the Los Choneros drug gang, incidents have been reported in several prisons nationwide. IMAGES
Syria will grant the United Nations permission to use a key crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria for a period of six months, Bassam Sabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UN, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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