Ecuadorian police captured 68 gang members after they attacked a hospital in Yaguachi, Guayas province. Officials said the men tried to control the building, where one of their gang members was getting help. The police said that the intruders wanted to protect the patient from possible attacks by their enemies. In the past, gang members have been attacked while in the hospital.

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In 2022, seven armed men were caught after they attacked a hospital in Chone looking for a rival gang member who was very sick. During that bad situation, the nurses and hospital workers were captured by the men while they fought with the police. We still don't know which gang attacked the Yaguachi hospital on Sunday, or who the injured man they were trying to protect was.

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The police said he came to the hospital early on Sunday with gunshot wounds. He passed away from those injuries, they said. After making the hospital safe, the security forces also searched a nearby "rehabilitation center". Gangs often use drug rehab centres as a cover. Authorities said this place was used as a command center for their illegal activities, and also as a brothel.

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The police are doing a big operation because there is a lot of crime and violence in the area. Over 2,700 people have been arrested since Mr. Noboa said there was a war between criminal groups and security forces on January 9th. The president did something surprising because some gunmen took the people at a TV station as hostages while they were on live TV.

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Since then, soldiers have been sent to help police stop the fighting, which had moved from the prisons to the streets of Ecuador's big cities. Based on the government, 201 prison guards and workers who were kept as hostages by rioting inmates have been released. However, it seems like the gangs have increased their attacks.

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In a very surprising event, a prosecutor looking into the attack on the TV station, César Suárez, was killed while on his way to a hearing in the city of Guayaquil on Wednesday.

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