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Handout released by Ecuador's National Police press office showing suspects detained by police officers inside the studio of public television station TC who took hostage several journalists and staff members, in drug violence-torn port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on January 9, 2024, a day after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency following the escape from prison of a dangerous narco boss. - Photo by AFP

Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa will face off in Ecuador's presidential elections Sunday after both campaigned in bulletproof vests amid a climate of fear. - AFP FILE PIX

Policemen inspect wreckage of a car after it exploded in Quito on Aug 31, 2023. Two car bombs exploded in Ecuador's capital without causing casualties, police said, as the country experiences an increase in violence linked to drug trafficking. - (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP)

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Quito during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on Aug 20, 2023. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

Ecuadorian presidential candidate for the Movimiento Revolucion Ciudadana party, Luisa Gonzalez, speaks during an interview with AFP in Quito, on Aug 14, 2023. (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP)

(FILES) Former Assembly member and now presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, gestures outside the Attorney General's Office in Quito on August 8, 2023. Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot to death on August 9, 2023 after a rally in Quito. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP)