Ecuador's president Lenin Moreno is in Guayaquil as government business has temporarily moved from Quito to the port city (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In Ecuador soldiers patrol the streets of Guayaquil to enforce a curfew mandated by the government in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus as deaths in the country continue to mount (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Authorities in Guayaquil dig graves to bury coronavirus victims in the epicentre of the pandemic in Ecuador (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Images outside Guayaquil penitentiary centre after the body count from simultaneous riots at four prisons in Ecuador rose to 79 Wednesday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Inmates hold signs from the roof of a jail in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where at least 118 inmates were killed, six of them beheaded, as rival gangs armed with guns and grenades went to war (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Relatives gather outside a morgue in Guayaquil, Ecuador, waiting for news about loved ones after at least 118 inmates were killed in a flare-up of gang violence, some beheaded (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Relatives continue awaiting news of inmates outside a morgue in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after at least 118 inmates were killed in a flare-up of gang violence, some beheaded (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Marines pat down civilians and search their belongings, arresting some people in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as the country is in a state of emergency (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Soldiers stop and search citizens in Guayaquil, Ecuador, one day after President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence, and ordered the mobilization of police and...

Marines patrol the city of Guayaquil, patting down residents and checking their belongings as Ecuador entered a state of emergency over drug violence (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

People attend the wake of Ecuador's 200 metres world bronze medallist Alex Quinonez after he was shot dead in the port city of Guayaquil (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Security forces and relatives of inmates remain outside a jail in Guayaquil Ecuador one day after ghastly clashes left at least 68 dead in the same prison where a riot in September claimed 119 lives (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Police remove bodies from the roof of an Ecuador prison where ferocious clashes have left at least 68 inmates dead in the latest unrest at a Guayaquil jail that was the scene of a September riot which killed 119 prisoners (Footage by...

Relatives of detainees await outside an Ecuadoran jail after weekend riots left 68 dead in the latest outbreak of violence between inmates aligned to warring drug gangs (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Relatives of inmates wait for news outside the prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, after clashes between gangs broke out, leaving at least one dead (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Bystanders watch a destroyed car next to a bus terminal in Guayaquil after two police officers were killed, two more wounded and prison guards taken hostage in the latest wave of attacks in a deadly gang war consuming Ecuador (Footage by...

Ecuador's presidential candidate Lenin Moreno promises to continue with the revolution he helped begin during his last rally ahead of elections next month a sharp contradiction to rival candidate Guillermo Lasso who hopes to break away...

Relatives of inmates gather outside the Guayas prison in Guayaquil to ask for information about their family members after clashes between inmates broke out that killed at least five people and left 23 injured (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno reiterates that the money recovered from eliminating fuel subsidies will be given to the country's poorest during a meeting in Guayaquil after he moved the government headquarters to the coastal city...

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Cesar Gálvez is a Ecuadorian citizen living in Guayaquil, the largest city in the country and the city worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Evangelical organizations of Guayaquil meet with Ecuador's anti corruption secretary Ivan Granda to start a dialogue as the indigenous group leading mass protests in Ecuador rejected an offer of direct talks from President Lenin Moreno...

Familiares y amigos despiden al ecuatoriano Álex Quiñónez, de los mejores velocistas del mundo que corrió al lado de Usain Bolt y que no pudo participar por sanción en los Olímpicos de Tokio, para los que era serio aspirante a medalla,...

In the coastal city of Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador two young environmental engineers fight against climate change by creating green walls green roofs and sustainable buildings (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)