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Ecuador's Armed Forces and police officers guard Machala prison a day after security forces took back control of several jails that had fallen into the hands of gang members. The country's simmering security crisis erupted last week as the government and powerful narco gangs declared all-out war on each other, after the prison escape of a dangerous drug lord. IMAGES

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