{"id":87793,"date":"2024-07-04T22:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/ecuador-police-rescue-49-kidnapping-victims-from-crime-gang\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T22:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T22:02:02","slug":"ecuador-police-rescue-49-kidnapping-victims-from-crime-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/ecuador-police-rescue-49-kidnapping-victims-from-crime-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador police rescue 49 kidnapping victims from crime gang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/07\/768x432\/skynews-ecuador-kidnap-suspects_6603294.jpg?20240704223257&amp;resize=768,432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ecuador police rescue 49 kidnapping victims from crime gang\" title=\"Ecuador police rescue 49 kidnapping victims from crime gang\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Police in Ecuador say 49 kidnapping victims have been rescued from a crime gang in the south of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspected kidnappers were arrested during the raid in a mining region in Azuay province.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the Los Lobos (The Wolves) crime gang was behind the kidnappings.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier statement from the armed forces said 46 people were rescued and five were found killed &#8211; four of them dismembered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">Two suspected kidnappers were arrested during the raid. Pic: Ecuador Police<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Forty-nine citizens who were victims of kidnapping in mining areas were released and two people linked to this crime were arrested,&#8221; Ecuador&#8217;s police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamite, weapons and ammunition were also seized during the raid.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 people opened fire on soldiers during the rescue operation, Ecuador&#8217;s army said.<\/p>\n<p>No one had been hurt, it added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/hezbollah-claims-it-has-fired-200-rockets-into-israel-in-one-of-largest-barrages-yet-13163288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hezbollah claims it has fired 200 rockets into Israel<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/jay-slater-tiktok-star-quits-search-and-says-hes-never-had-any-money-from-gofundme-13164027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family hits back as TikTok sleuth quits Jay Slater search<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/french-politicians-attacked-on-election-campaign-trail-13163314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French politicians attacked on election campaign trail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/ecuador-6529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ecuador<\/strong><\/a> has faced a spate of violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Daniel Noboa has declared states of emergency several times &#8211; under which military forces patrolled the streets and jails.<\/p>\n<p>He also designated 22 crime gangs as terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ecuador-police-rescue-49-kidnapping-victims-from-crime-gang-13165239\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Ecuador say 49 kidnapping victims have been rescued from a crime gang in the south of the country. Two suspected kidnappers were arrested during the raid in a mining region in Azuay province. Police said the Los Lobos (The Wolves) crime gang was behind the kidnappings. 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