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Quito, Jan 19, Ecuadorian authorities have arrested 2,174 people, 158 of them on "terrorism" charges, since President Daniel Noboa declared an "internal armed conflict" on January 9 and mobilied the army to combat organised crime linked to drug trafficking, the National Police said. Authorities have since carried out 23,610 operations, including 61 "against terrorist groups", the National Police said in a post on X on Thursday. Five members of criminal organisations were killed, it said, adding that authorities seized more than 6 tons of illicit drugs and substantial amounts of firearms, knives, explosives, ammunition and mobile phones. Police and soldiers…