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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
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
Images released by Ecuador's Armed Forces show military personnel and police officers carrying out a joint operation at the Zonal Penitentiary No 8 in the major port of Guayaquil. It comes amid the state of emergency declared in Ecuador on August 10, following the assassination of popular presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio ahead of the elections. The leader of one of Ecuador's most powerful criminal groups Los Choneros, known as 'Fito', is incarcerated at the penitentiary. IMAGES
Tokyo, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held without spectators due to the state of emergency that is to be enforced to curtail a surge in coronavirus cases, the Olympics minister Tamayo Marukawa confirmed Thursday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF TOKYO AND THE OLYMPIC STADIUM.
Tulua, Colombia, May 26 (EFE).- A night of violent protests and chaos that rocked the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua also reduced to rubble its emblematic courthouse, which was the target of an arson attack.(CAMERA: Ernesto Guzman Jr.)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the central city of Lod after declared a state of emergency. A man and a girl were killed in Lod after the car they were in was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli police said. IMAGES