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Ecuador's military continues search operations as the country was declared under a "state of emergency" following an escalation of gang violence, since the prison escape of one of the country's most powerful narco bosses. 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
With rifles, helmets, and bulletproof vests, soldiers encircle sections of the Salvadoran city of Apopa as part of a massive crackdown on gang activity. IMAGES
A nightclub, swimming pools, and a playground have been discovered at the Tocoron prison in Venezuela, after authorities recaptured the facility from a powerful gang with international reach that had long used it as its headquarters. IMAGES
Police and fishermen carry bodies from a pier to the shore following a gang-related shooting at a small port in Esmeraldas province, in northern Ecuador. Nine people were killed in the attack authorities blamed on organized crime gangs. Interior Minister Juan Zapata told the Ecuavisa television channel that the attack was carried out by 30 heavily armed people and said it was related to "a fight between gangs, a territorial fight." IMAGES
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