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Added on the 12/01/2024 17:37:40 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of soldiers patrolling the streets of Ecuador's capital, Quito, on armored vehicles after President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels that use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Mexican army infantry soldiers aboard military trucks patrol the streets in the tourist port city of Acapulco, in Mexico's Guerrero state, during a security operation in the face of a growing wave of violence. IMAGES
Images published by Ecuador's Armed Forces showing military and police officers entering a prison in the penitentiary complex of Guayaquil, the nerve center of the government's war on drug gangs. IMAGES
Images published by Ecuador's Armed Forces showing hundreds of military and police officers entering a prison in the penitentiary complex of Guayaquil. Security forces "carry out a new intervention in the Centro de Privación de Libertad #Guayas, controlling the external and internal perimeter of the penitentiary center," the Armed Forces announces on X. IMAGES
Shops shut early in northern Quito, Ecuador's capital, after hooded gunmen stormed a television studio and gangsters threatened to execute security forces and civilians. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.