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More 8 thousand people arrested in Ecuador V 37 days of “internal armed conflict” that President Daniel Noboa said in early January against organized crime, whose gangs, mainly
More 8 thousand people arrested in Ecuador V 37 days of “internal armed conflict” that President Daniel Noboa said in early January against organized crime, whose gangs, mainly involved in drug trafficking, he considered terrorist groups.
The number of detainees reached 8,080 according to the latest daily report published this Thursday by the Ecuadorian government, of which 241 were captured. accused of “terrorism”more than 52 tons of drugs were seized there.
Until now, security forces have carried out 98 thousand 890 joint operations (more than 2,600 every day), 153 of them against criminal groups that the authorities now call terrorists.
Photo: Reuters.
In addition, they captured 2,405 firearms, 12,433 explosives, 167,024 rounds of ammunition, 1,236 bullet magazines and 3,422 knives.
During the state of emergency, law enforcement killed 8 people they identified as terrorists; Two police officers were killed; no casualties were recorded among military personnel.
Agents also seized 979 cars, 931 motorcycles and 28 criminal boats, including a semi-submersible drug transporter; in addition to 195 thousand 398 dollars and 47 thousand 360 gallons of fuel (about 179 thousand liters).
In statistics the figure 34 prisoners releasedof 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 the President Daniel Noboa identified at least 22 transnational organized crime groups and located them. “as terrorist organizations” and “belligerent non-state actors”.
Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador. | Photo: Reuters.
By designating these groups as warring parties, the President opened the legal door for the Armed Forces and Police to use all their resources to neutralize them.
The spiral of violence in Ecuador unfolded as the president apparently prepared to launch his “Plan Phoenix” against crime.
In principle, the strategy was aimed at regaining control of prisons, many of which were dominated internally by criminal gangs whose rivalries have seen more than 450 inmates killed in a series of prison killings since 2020.
However, violence in prisons spilled onto the streets until Ecuador became one of the most violent countries, with 45 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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