Government official vows to win war against drug gangs.
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has said that his country is at a state of war after the deadly attacks, kidnappings and prison riots that shocked the country in the past few days. The government says the violence is a reaction to the president’s plan to build a new high security prison for gang leaders. We hear from Esteban Torres Cobo, a vice-minister in the government.
Also on the programme: the daughter of the Nigerian megachurch leader TB Joshua tells us how she too became of a victim of his abuse; and the Oregon school teacher who found the panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines planes in his back garden.
(Image: Police officers stand outside of El Inca prison amid the ongoing wave of violence around the nation in Quito, Ecuador, on 10 January 2024. Credit: Reuters/Toro)
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