He President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboaadmitted that they need personnel and foreign military assistance to combat violence and the insecurity from which it has suffered in recent years and which has reached its peak these days. unprecedented reboundcoinciding with the release from prison of a criminal leader.

“We have accepted support from Argentina and the USA. This is not the time for selfishness or vanity to say, “No, we are going to defend our sovereignty, don’t let the military come.” We need military support with people, soldiers, intelligence assistance, artillery and equipment,” he admitted in an interview in FM World.

In parallel with these statements, it was confirmed that American delegation He will travel to Ecuador in the “next few weeks” to work with local authorities in the fight against armed groups.

Ecuador plunges into new spiral of violence after leader’s escape Choneros, Adolfo Maciasnickname ‘Phyto‘. After the government announced state of emergency To regain control of the prisons, chaos spread both outside and inside the prisons, forcing the government to take exceptional measures such as using the military or imposing a curfew.

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Meanwhile, United Nations (UN) for Human rights stressed that any restriction of freedoms in Ecuador must respect the “principles of legality”necessity, proportionality and non-discrimination” in such a way that “extraordinary” measures, such as the state of emergency declared this week by President Noboa, are “limited” contain the escalation of violence criminal groups.

The United Nations is “closely” monitoring the situation in Ecuador, a country that faces “enormous challenges” in terms of insecurity, a spokesman for the High Commissioner for Human Rights acknowledged. Liz Throssell. Noboa ruled that the country was suffering from “internal armed conflict”which gives more powers to the Armed Forces.

“The powers granted to the Armed Forces to address public safety issues must be exceptional. limited in time and subordinate to civil authorities“Throssell warned in his message, in which he called for any actions to be limited by international law. “It is also critical to maintaining public trust and social cohesion.”

In this sense, the representative noted that “human rights must be at the center of attention.” center of all politics stand up to violence” and stressed that they must also eliminate the causes which lie at the heart of the recent surge in instability.

UN, which offers cooperate with the Ecuadorian authorities However, he also hopes that the investigations launched by the prosecutor’s office into the latest incidents will develop “quickly, transparently, fully and independently.” In recent days, at least twelve people have been killed and about 170 people have been kidnapped in seven prisons.

(according to information from Europe Press)