Authorities say criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge in Ecuador after prison inmates took dozens of law enforcement officers hostage less than two days earlier.
Prisoners stand on the roof of the Turi jail where dozens of prison guards and police officers have been kidnapped by the inmates, in Cuenca, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. In the last 24 hours, Ecuador has been rocked by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities.
A vehicle that blew up outside the Women’s and Human Rights Ministry building is cordoned off by authorities in Quito, Ecuador, late Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The building used to be the location of the government’s National Service for Attention for People Deprived of Liberty , which runs the jail system. Soldiers walk towards a vehicle that blew up outside the Women´s and Human Rights Ministry building in Quito, Ecuador, late Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
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