Briones, who served as a party leader in Rafael Correa in the province of Esmeraldas, he was shot to death, according to reports from colleagues on social networks.
Precisely the former president of Ecuador spoke on the social network X regarding the crime of Briones. “They murdered another of our colleagues in Esmeraldas. Enough is enough!!!!”, he said when reposting a message.
Paola Cabezas, a former assembly member from the region, pointed out that “a murderous bullet ended” the life of Briones. “Another loss that breaks our hearts,” she said, wondering, “Until when.”
The presidential candidate of Revolución Ciudadana, Luisa González, also spoke on networks, in which she expressed her solidarity with the Briones family, “fallen into the hands of violence.”
“Ecuador is experiencing its bloodiest period. We owe this to the total abandonment of an inept government and a State taken over by the mafias. My solidarity hug to the family of comrade Pedro Briones, who fell into the hands of violence. Change is urgent !” he stated.
Violence in Ecuador
On August 9, during a rally in quit, the candidate for president the Movement Builds, Fernando Villavicencio, was murdered shot by hitmen.
Villavicencio was participating in a meeting in the coliseum of the Anderson College of Quito when a man lunged at him and Shooting on his face. The politician was taken to the La Mujer clinic, where passed away.
The journalist and former member of the National Assembly dissolved in May by Lasso appeared second in the intention to vote with 13.2%, behind the lawyer Luisa Gonzalez (26.6%), the only woman in the running and close to the former socialist president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), according to the most recent Cedatos survey.
Pope Francis today condemned the “unjustifiable violence” of the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuador’s presidential candidate shot this week in Quito, and encouraged all political forces to unite “in favor of peace.”
Measures against violence
Last night, seven applicants for the Carondelet Palace They discussed their proposals on TVamong which stood out the construction of a new prison, limiting the entry of foreigners with criminal records and militarizing ports and airports.
The face-to-face between the seven candidates began after a minute of silence in memory of Villavicencio, whom the Construye Movement decided to replace with Christian Zurita, whose nomination is still pending approval by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
In the debate were González, Jean Topic, Otto Sonnenholzner, Bolívar Armijos, Yaku Pérez, Xavier Hervas. and Daniel Noboa.
Noboa attended with a bulletproof vest and the indigenous lawyer Pérez wore a black ribbon on his chest, the AFP news agency reported.
Gonzalez, close to ex-president Correa, proposed a “new Litoral Penitentiary with security and remove it from the urban center of Guayaquil”as it is one of the most violent cities in the nation.
The large prison complex Guayaquil (Southwest) was the scene of prison massacres, which since February 2021 have left more than 430 prisoners dead due to a war for power between criminal gangs.
On his side, the former vice president sonnenholzner (right) proposed restricting the entry of foreigners “with a judicial past” to Ecuador.
topic, who joined the French Legion, pointed out that the key to combat crime is to “equip and train” to the forces of order and “integrate all the intelligence sources to find out how the dirty money of the drug traffickers and the corrupt move.”
located between Colombia and Peru, As the world’s largest cocaine producer, Ecuador faces rising drug trafficking and gang violence.
In 2021, the nation seized a record 210 tons of drugs. The following year he seized 201 tons. Ecuador closed 2022 with a rate of 26 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, almost double that of 2021.
To stop the shipment of drugs, hervas He proposed “militarizing international seaports and airports,” which use the country as a bridge for drug shipments to the United States and Europe.
And Pérez, in turn, pointed to recovering citizen security with a “firm hand” against crime through patrols by the public force and promoting the arrival of “teachers and doctors” to the populations most affected by violence.
Source: Ambito
