Ecuador It is in an armed conflict with drug trafficking that has left, so far, 10 dead in the country; With this, the leader of Cabildo Abierto, Guido Manini Rioswanted to justify the actions of the Armed Forces of that country and compared it to the dictatorship, which provoked the response of Yamandu Orsi against him.
“Just like on April 15, 1972 in Uruguay, A democratic government must resort to Armed forces to stop those who want to override the rule of law. This explains why those who want to dissolve or denature the Armed Forces always appear,” Manini Rios published on his social networks.
Faced with this, the pre-candidate for president and departmental head of cannelloni expressed his solidarity with the Ecuadorian people and criticized the position of the leader of Town meeting. “Confusing historical phenomena with current dramas may work as an electoral strategy, but it will not provide solutions to the serious problem of drug trafficking and organized crime. The new dramas of society need new approaches. My solidarity with the Ecuadorian people,” he expressed in his account. of X.
What is happening in Ecuador?
The recent onslaught of drug-related violence leaves at least ten dead in Ecuador, whose president declared a “internal armed conflict” and sent the military into the streets after armed men stormed a television channel live.
There were “eight people killed” in attacks in the port of Guayaquil (southwest), a local police chief said at a press conference. The police also indicated on the social network X that two officers were “vilely murdered by armed criminals” in the nearby town of Nobol.
President Daniel Noboa announced earlier in The 36-year-old president also ordered the Armed forces “execute military operations to neutralize” about twenty criminal groups that he called “terrorist organizations and belligerent non-state actors.”
The new decree was known after armed and hooded men entered the canal TC Television in Guayaquil when journalists were broadcasting a news program live, which caused a dramatic situation that lasted for at least 30 minutes until the police intervened.
Before the lights went out, the hooded men were observed holding a grenade, pointing weapons at workers and placing what looked like a stick of dynamite in a person’s jacket. However, the police put an end to the takeover of the canal and arrested 13 people.
While, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and USA They expressed their support for Quito and rejected violence. Peru declared its entire border with Ecuador under a state of emergency and will reinforce surveillance, its government reported. While the embassy of China in Quito and its consulate in Guayaquil announced that they will temporarily suspend service to the public from Wednesday, without specifying when they will reopen.
For two days Ecuador has been experiencing days of terror as a result of the escape of Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, head of The Choneros, the main criminal gang in the country, who was held in a prison in Guayaquil. The Choneros compete with around twenty gangs over drug trafficking routes in a war that is bleeding the country dry. While Noboa attributes the attack to retaliation for his actions to “regain official control” of the prisons and warned that he will not negotiate with “terrorists.”
Source: Ambito
