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Ecuador inmates holding 57 guards, police hostage: Minister
Prisoners at a penitentiary in the Ecuadoran city of Cuenca are holding hostage 50 guards and seven police officers, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said Thursday.
“We are concerned about the safety of our officials,” he said at a press conference in the capital Quito.
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