What’s behind a violent attack on a TV station in Ecuador?

The World

On Tuesday, 13 masked men stormed into a television studio in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, and forced journalists to kneel while pointing high-powered weapons at their heads. Police officers who were on duty were kidnapped. No one was killed, and authorities said the attackers were arrested and will be facing terrorism charges. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports. 

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