Ecuador TV station hostage recounts 'surreal' armed takeover

By Yury Garcia and Herbert Villarraga GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) - A Ecuadorean journalist who was held hostage by gunmen during the takeover of a Guayaquil TV station and obliged to appear on camera at gunpoint told Reuters on Wednesday the experience was "surreal." Gunmen stormed a studio at public broadcaster TC on Tuesday afternoon, carrying long-range guns, grenades and dynamite, part of a wave of violence that has prompted President Daniel Noboa to name 22 gangs as terrorist organizations to be targeted by the military. Images from the channel's live feed, which remained on air for abo...