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By Alexandra Valencia and Tito Correa QUITO/LATACUNGA, Ecuador (Reuters) -Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa laid out plans for two new high-security prisons on Thursday, part of his pledge to wage war on drug gangs, as the families of nearly 180 prison staff being held hostage by inmates demanded action to rescue them. A dramatic spike in violence this week – including the on-air storming of a TV station, unexplained explosions in multiple cities, and the kidnapping of police officers – appears to be a response by gangs to Noboa’s plans to tackle the country’s dire security situation, includin…

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