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Ecuador has declared it's facing an internal armed conflict. Security forces have been

ordered to neutralize several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence.

Now it comes after an extraordinary 24 hours that saw violence broadcast live on television

after mass gunman stormed a TV station taking staff

hostage. Now the country is in a state of emergency with reports of looting and

explosions. The trigger appears to be the escape of a major gang leader from prison.

Ecuador was once a tourist-friendly peaceful island in an unstable region.

But thanks to the drug trade, violence has steadily been rising in recent years.

Correspondent Patrick Oopman explains what led to this point.

As cameras broadcast live, armed gunman take employees of a TV station in Guayakil, Ecuador,

hostage. The journalists are threatened and forced to the floor at gunpoint, while viewers

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