At least 10 killed in Ecuador violence

QUITO — Ecuador's president gave orders on Tuesday to "neutralize" criminal gangs, after gunmen opened fire in a TV studio and bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country.

At least 10 people have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on gangs as the country exploded in what President Daniel Noboa called an "internal armed conflict".

He ordered military operations to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gangsters declared war following Sunday's prison escape of one of Ecuador's most powerful narco bosses.