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Members of the Armed Forces check a car during an operation to protect civil security in Quito, on Thursday after Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa gave orders Tuesday to “neutralize” criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country. Gangs declared war on the government after Noboa announced a state of emergency following the prison escape on Jan 7 of one of Ecuador’s most powerful narco bosses. AFP