A civil war broke out in the city of Guayaquil in the South American country of Ecuador after a crackdown on drug dealers.
After the situation caused by the retaliatory criminal actions of the gang after the operations against the drug dealers, the President called the army to deal with the internal armed conflict in the country and a state of emergency was imposed for 60 days throughout the country.
According to foreign media, the peace and order situation in Ecuador worsened after Jose Adolfo Macius, the leader of the notorious drug gang, escaped from prison.
After the murder of the gang leader who was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking, the criminal gang broke into the studio of the TV channel and took the journalists and staff members hostage while the gang also stormed the university and the gang. An attempt was made to kidnap citizens
