Soldiers enter Ecuador jail in search for gang leader

Some 4,000 Ecuadoran military and police officers on Saturday entered a prison in search of a powerful gang leader accused of having threatened a popular presidential candidate killed earlier this week, officials said. Ecuador has been under a state of emergency after the shock assassination Wednesday of journalist and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio. President Guillermo […]

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