"They held President Rafael Correa captive for more than 10 hours after he came to talk to them, trapping him inside a police hospital. Mr. Correa was finally rescued when army commandos firing assault rifles and using concussion grenades  stormed into the hospital and took him away. Mr. Correa called the uprising an attempted coup." COMMENT: This was obviously an attempt by these insubordinate cops to impose their rule on the country by kidnapping Ecuador's elected president. To call it anything else is, in its political essence, to collude with the actions of the kidnappers.">"They held President Rafael Correa captive for more than 10 hours after he came to talk to them, trapping him inside a police hospital. Mr. Correa was finally rescued when army commandos firing assault rifles and using concussion grenades  stormed into the hospital and took him away. Mr. Correa called the uprising an attempted coup." COMMENT: This was obviously an attempt by these insubordinate cops to impose their rule on the country by kidnapping Ecuador's elected president. To call it anything else is, in its political essence, to collude with the actions of the kidnappers.">

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AP: Ecuador Officers Face Inquiry in Police Unrest

"They held President Rafael Correa captive for more than 10 hours after he came to talk to them, trapping him inside a police hospital. Mr. Correa was finally rescued when army commandos firing assault rifles and using concussion grenades stormed into the hospital and took him away. Mr. Correa called the uprising an attempted coup."

COMMENT: This was obviously an attempt by these insubordinate cops to impose their rule on the country by kidnapping Ecuador's elected president. To call it anything else is, in its political essence, to collude with the actions of the kidnappers.

October 13, 2010. Ecuador Officers Face Inquiry in Police Unrest. QUITO, Ecuador (AP) " The Ecuadorean police have begun disciplinary proceedings against 13 officers who are accused of having played roles in a violent labor protest two weeks ago.

Four colonels, seven captains, a lieutenant and a second lieutenant were placed on administrative leave as the first step in a process under which they could be dismissed after 60 days, depending on the outcome of the investigation,according to a police statement released on Wednesday.

One of the colonels is in charge of the congressional guard; some of its members were accused of assaulting lawmakers and blocking them from entering the Capitol during the protest on Sept. 30. About a dozen people died and 270 were wounded in the uprising by police officers who were angry over a new law that would strip them of promotion bonuses.

They held President Rafael Correa captive for more than 10 hours after he came to talk to them, trapping him inside a police hospital. Mr. Correa was finally rescued when army commandos firing assault rifles and using concussion grenades stormed into the hospital and took him away. Mr. Correa called the uprising an attempted coup.

On Wednesday, Defense Minister Javier Ponce said the government planned to unify intelligence agencies under a single command.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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