Military and police Ecuador During joint operations since January 9 last year, when the government announced Exception status “internal armed conflict” to stem the tide of violence attributed to organized crime in the country.

The so-called “Security Axis” announced this this Wednesday. consists of military, police and government commandersin a daily report on operations carried out in prisons and on the streets under the state of emergency.

To date, security forces have conducted 96,376 joint operations (more than 2,600 every day). 148 of them are against criminal groups now called terrorist groups by authorities.

In addition, they captured 2380 firearms12,071 explosives, 166,545 bullets, 1,235 bullet magazines and 3,362 knives.

During a state of emergency, law enforcement agencies 8 people died those they identified as terrorists; Two police officers were killed; no casualties were recorded among military personnel.

Agents too 979 cars were seized., 908 motorcycles and 28 boats; in addition to $193,927.14 and 37,360 gallons of fuel (about 141,415 liters).

You might be interested > Ecuador’s armed forces carried out nearly 50,000 crime-fighting operations in 19 days

In statistics The number of 34 captured prisoners remained the same.of almost 90 escaped from prisons, where several prisoner riots occurred earlier in the year, during which 200 hostages, including guards and police, were freed.

After declaring an “internal armed conflict”, the government of President Daniel Noboa identified at least 22 transnational organized crime groups and defined them as “terrorist organizations” and “militant non-state actors.”

By naming these groups as warring parties, the President opened the legal door for The Armed Forces, together with the Police, are trying their best to neutralize them..

The spiral of violence in Ecuador unfolded as Ecuador’s president was apparently preparing to launch his “Phoenix” crime-fighting plan.

You might be interested > A State of Exception: Democracy to the Limit

Basically, this strategy sought to regain control over prisonsMany of them are dominated internally by criminal gangs whose rivalries have seen more than 450 inmates killed in a series of prison killings since 2020.

However, prison violence has not yet spilled over into the streets. Ecuador in one of the most violent countriesMoreover, in 2023 there will be 45 intentional murders per 100 thousand inhabitants. (EFE)