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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
Shops shut early in northern Quito, Ecuador's capital, after hooded gunmen stormed a television studio and gangsters threatened to execute security forces and civilians. 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
Quito, Aug 4 (EFE) .- Ecuador welcomed back in style its first female medalists in history, Neisi Dajomes and Tamara Salazar.Dajomes became Ecuador's first woman to win an Olympic medal when she claimed gold in the women's 76 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. Salazar won Silver medal for Ecuador in women's 87 kg weightlifting on Monday. She is Ecuador’s second ever female medalist. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ) SHOT LIST: GOLD MEDALIST IN THE WOMEN'S 76KG CATEGORY WEIGHTLIFTING NEISI DAJOMES AND SILVER MEDALIST IN THE WOMEN'S 87KG TAMARA SALAZAR TRAVEL ON AN OPEN TOP BUS, DURING A CARAVAN THAT LEFT FROM THE QUITO AIRPORT; AND DAJOMES AND SALAZAR DURING AN EVENT TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES AT THE ATAHUALPA OLYMPIC STADIUM FOR IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Quito, Mar 28 (EFE).- The Catholic Church of Ecuador suspended processions Sunday and seeks to keep religious activities restricted during Holy Week.Holy Week in Ecuador will have to comply with the restrictions imposed by health authorities to avoid contagion.(Camera: JOSÉ JÁCOME)SHOT LIST: PALM SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS AMID CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
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