Thirteen gunmen stormed into the studios of the public TV channel TC Televisión in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, and took journalists and other employees hostage during a live newscast on Jan. 9. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the government to guarantee the protection of media professionals, whose role is more fundamental than ever in times of crisis.
The 13 heavily-armed, masked drug traffickers stormed into state-owned TC Televisión’s local studios in the southeastern city of Guayaquil, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, shortly after 2 p.m., as the “El Noticiero” news program was being broadcast live, and took journalists and other employees hostage. The attack was carried live, and viewers could hear gunshots and the cries of the hostages.
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