Ecuador has become the main center for exporting cocaine to the United States and Europe. The authorities are overwhelmed by the power of the gangs, and the security situation has deteriorated very quickly.
The leaders of the country's two main gangs escaped on Sunday January 7 from their place of detention in Guayaquil. On Tuesday January 9, around fifteen hooded men took over a TC TV studio while a program was being broadcast live. The attackers then allowed themselves to be arrested by the police without opposing them.