The new dependency will be headed by the ex-government deputy Diego Ordonezwho was working as an adviser to the government of Guillermo Lasso, added the Secretary of Communication in his note.
According to the decree, this body must prepare a comprehensive national security plan for Ecuador together with other ministries of the branch, reported the AFP news agency.
In the middle of the drug route
The once peaceful Ecuador, located between Colombia Y Peruthe largest producers of cocaine in the world, faces a significant increase in crime linked to drug trafficking.
In 2021, authorities seized 210 tons of drugs, most of them cocaine, and in the first half of this year seizures exceeded 100.
Last year, Ecuador closed with a murder rate of 14 per 100,000 peoplealmost double that of 2020. In 2018 the index was only six.
In addition to the messages of terror left by drug traffickers in the streets, with decapitated bodies or hanging from bridges, Ecuador deals with prison massacres that since February 2021 have left nearly 400 inmates dead due to violent clashes between gangs.
Lasso, a right-wing president who also faces massive popular discontent for his neoliberal policies, attributes these massacres to the dispute over territory for the sale of drugs.
Source: Ambito
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