Ecuadoran authorities foiled a drone attack on La Roca prison, where former vice president Jorge Glas is held, highlighting the escalating violence linked to drug cartels in the country. Ecuadoran officials said they had thwarted an attack Thursday carried out by an explosive-laden drone on La Roca prison, which houses ex-vice president Jorge Glas, arrested in a raid on the Mexican embassy in April.
The drone was intercepted as it flew over the maximum security prison, according to the “Security Block” — a unit of police and soldiers fighting drug trafficking. The drone had been flown with the intent of “disabling” the prison, which can hold about 100 inmates, the group said in a statement.
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