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RIP Franz Beckenbauer. Football is a working class sport and almost every football legends come from working-class background.

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This is an absolutely golden statement. (Keep in mind it was made just a week or two after the prison break, so a lot of people didn't know that there were more groups and organizations other than Hamas actively fighting in this phase of the resistance.)

An Australian Anarchist's Position on the Ongoing Israel-Palestine Gaza Situation (15 min video)

Inmates Carry Out New Riots in Ecuadorian Prisons

Violent incidents have occurred in prisons located in Quito, Cuenca, Latacunga, Riobamba, and Machala.

On Monday, inmates from various Ecuadorian penitentiary centers staged riots after knowing about the escape of Jose Macias, aka Fito, the leader of "The Choneros," a criminal group linked to international drug trafficking.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa convened an urgent meeting of the State Security Council (COSEPE) on Sunday when the public knew about Fito's escape. So far, there is no official information on when his escape took place, although local media commented that he escaped along with about 20 prisoners during Christmas or New Year's festivities.

"Fito's escape now represents not only the fragility of our security system, but also a catastrophe for our democratic institutions. We are all at risk," former Interior Minister Jose Serrano said in an interview with Pichincha Comunicaciones.

"Fito makes fun of the institutions, while Ecuadorians have a President who appears cutting his hair," he added, referring to President Noboa's trivial political communication.

"The Ecuadorian prisons are taken. The same message is repeated by the guides who have been kidnapped by prisoners in various prisons in the country. 'We are parents and heads of a household, who in many cases understand your actions, but we reproach you for not worrying about the people who are on the battlefield, nursing bullets.'"

On Monday, violent incidents have occurred in prisons located in Quito, Cuenca, Latacunga, Riobamba, and Machala, while security forces were mobilizing from Guayas to Manabi.

Up to now, the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) has not issued official statements on the matter. However, it announced that it would make a statement "at the right time."

In Quito's El Inca prison, the first to report a riot, the Fire Department reported a structural fire occurrence, while numerous security forces arrived in the vicinity, overseen by a helicopter.

The police entered the prison around 10:30 AM local time, where several inmates attempted to escape. Two of them were recaptured later.

In Cuenca city, some inmates went to the security guard booth, while others walked on the prison roofs. Prison guards and administrative staff were evacuated. Currently, only specialized security forces are present.

Ledezma Tried to Assassinate Leopoldo Lopez: President Maduro

In 2014, the far-right politician was willing to kill his own comrade to trigger an overthrow of the Venezuelan President.

On Thursday, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revealed that Antonio Ledezma, a fugitive from justice, tried to assassinate the opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez in 2014.

This information arose during a conversation held in the fourth episode of “Maduro Podcast” in which legislator Diosdado Cabello, who is also the vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), recalled the events.

"Reliable information arrived. It was a recording of an opposition politician saying that he knew where Leopoldo Lopez was hiding and that he had to be murdered to create a spark that would light the prairie. It was the voice of Antonio Ledezma," Maduro said.

On that occasion, he asked Diosdado Cabello to show the recording to Lopez's relatives so that they could ask him to surrender to justice because it was "the only way to save his life."

During Thursday's broadcast, Cabello revealed that he saved the life of Lopez, whom his own colleagues wanted to assassinate to cause an event that would shock the Venezuelan people.

“Lopez knew that they wanted to kill him to light the spark that would trigger the overthrow of President Maduro,” said Cabello, who acted as an intermediary to prevent those destabilizing intentions from being carried out. The PSUV vice president also revealed that Lopez and his family knew about Antonio Ledezma's intentions.

“Leopoldo's wife told him that she and her children would leave the country if he went to the East Park, where they wanted to kill him,” Cabello said and recalled that Lopez's surrender to justice was agreed upon with his wife.

“Lopez's wife contacted him and agreed to hand him over... I risked my life because I passed through the middle of an opposition demonstration to get to their house. Once there, they didn't even comply with what was agreed because they decided to continue doing the show,” Cabello said.

Later, Lopez was transferred to the Ramo Verde military prison, from which he escaped in order to "continue his violent actions against national peace," the PSVU leader commented.