Ecuador: Curfew rules relaxed, except in Guayaquil
- January 24, 2024
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The massive presence of military and police on the streets has led to a reduction in the number daily murders from 27 to 11 in EcuadorAccording to the
The massive presence of military and police on the streets has led to a reduction in the number daily murders from 27 to 11 in EcuadorAccording to the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa. In 160 cantons where the risk is considered “short”, curfew was lifted.
Where there is risk “half”the population will remain in their homes 2 at 5am, which will give respite to the restaurant and nightlife sectors. But where risk ‘high’, curfew to be reduced by just one hourfrom midnight to 5 am.
Guayaquil, city of movement
great city Guayaquil stays in Red zonewhich is not surprising Pedro Farmdirector of the Latin American Institute for Anti-Mafia Studies: “The crime rate in Guayaquil has increased by thirty%. In Ecuador there are 44 violent deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants, and in Guayaquil there are 115,” he says.
Photo: EFE
And Pedro Granja is no stranger to violence. Four months ago they planted a bomb before his high school, forcing him to send his family abroad. If the security situation in Guayaquil remains tense, it is because the city is the nerve center of drug trafficking.
“Geography Guayaquil “This makes it possible to use large vessels to export huge quantities of drugs to Rotterdam, Antwerp or even Gioia Tauro, the Italian port in Calabria controlled by the ‘Ndrangheta mafia,” Rojas explains.
While American military assistanceMilitary forces continue to raid 10 of the country’s most violent prisons, stealing weapons, drugs, explosives, mobile phones and internet cables.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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