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The military is deployed in the surroundings of the Palacio de Carondelet, Ecuador's presidential palace after new President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency in response to a drug kingpin's escape from prison. Officials have announced that four police officers were kidnapped following Noboa's announcement. IMAGES
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
Peruvian police officers in the capital Lima board a plane bound for the northern border with Ecuador, after Peru put the border under a state of emergency following the security crisis that erupted in the neighboring country. Ecuador's president has given orders to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country. IMAGES
General Laura Richardson, commander of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), arrives at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador. A US government delegation, led by Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas to Joe Biden's administration, Christopher Dodd, is beginning a three-day visit to discuss plans for security cooperation between the two countries. IMAGES
Images of armed soldiers on guard outside the Regional 8 prison complex, as Ecuador's army and police launch an operation in the nerve center of a drug war between the government and powerful criminal groups. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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