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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Monday declared a country-wide state of emergency, including the prison system, after an "extremely dangerous" narco boss escaped from his maximum security cell and unrest erupted at several penitentiaries.

Macias was sentenced to 34 years of prison in 2011 for several crimes including drug trafficking and murder.

Ecuador's new president and vice president have been in office less than a week -- but it's already clear no love is lost between them.

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa — less than 48 hours into his term — has repealed controversial guidelines that eliminated penalties for people found carrying illegal drugs under certain amounts

The banana-empire heir will serve only 18 months, the rest of Lasso's term.

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Ecuador's new president, the 35-year-old millionaire heir to a business empire, Daniel Noboa, took office Thursday as the leader of a country gripped by a bloody drug war.

The country’s youngest-ever leader has less than 18 months to govern before the next election.

Mr Noboa has ordered the army to 'neutralise' the country's drug gangs