Machete-wielding cartel thugs have threatened to kill hostages and execute anyone they find in the streets of Ecuador at night, according to terrifying videos released as the South American nation descended into lawless chaos.
Ecuador’s president has ordered his army to ‘neutralise’ 20 drug gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio and inmates executed prison guards.
At least 10 people are known to have been killed in a series of barbaric attacks by the drug gangs