Cotopaxi

They even hiked to the summit of Cotopaxi, a nearly 20,000-foot peak in Ecuador.

On Wednesday, hundreds of police officers and soldiers carried out a search for weapons and explosives in Cotopaxi jail in the southern city of Latacunga as part of efforts to prevent further violence.

Lasso said on X, the social network previously known as Twitter, that operations in Cotopaxi prison on Wednesday were meant to confiscate arms, munitions and explosives.

Authorities conducted operations in Cotopaxi prison on Wednesday, though they have not confirmed the transfer of any high-level prisoners.

A few blocks from Outdoor Retailer, Cotopaxi founder and CEO Davis Smith runs his company in a converted bank building.