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  Ecuador: 57 guards who were held hostage in prisons by criminal gang released after 24 hours

  World | Sep 02, 2023, 10:59 AM IST

  Security analysts said the chain of events, which took place three weeks after the slaying of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was a “systematic and planned” attack that had shown the state was ineffective in preventing violence.

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  207 giant turtles to be released in the Galapagos

  World | May 23, 2015, 10:26 AM IST

  Quito (Equador): Administrators at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park said 207 giant turtles will be released next month on the island of Santa Fe, where the native tortoises died out more than 150 years ago.The turtles