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Ecuador declares state of emergency as gunmen storm TV studio during live broadcast | South China Morning Post

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Masked men broke into the set of a public television channel in Ecuador, waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast on January 9, 2024. The incident prompted the country’s president to declare a state of “internal armed conflict” in the South American country. The announcement came after gang leader Adolfo M…

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