![]() ![]() The decree signed by Noboa on Tuesday declared the country was in an “internal armed conflict” and ordered armed forces to carry out military operations to “neutralize” armed groups identified as terrorists.Īdm. Noboa’s beleaguered predecessor, former President Guillermo Lasso, instated several states of emergency with limited success. to 5 a.m., to restrict meetings and actions that may threaten public order. The state of emergency will last for 60 days and mobilize the police and armed forces to control disturbances to public order. The situation was “the result of the systematic destruction of the rule of law, of the errors of hatred accumulated over the last seven years,” he claimed. Eight explosive devices were seized along with 15 Molotov cocktails, nine firearms, 308 firearm cartridges, six motorcycles and six vehicles.Įcuador is “living a real nightmare,” former President Rafael Correa said in a video shared on X Tuesday. How corruption and gang warfare transformed EcuadorĪt least 70 people were arrested across the whole country, police said Wednesday morning. People waving Ecuadorean flags protest during a demonstration following the killing of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organized crime who was killed during a campaign event, in Quito, Ecuador, August 10, 2023. “The scariest part was seeing the desperation, seeing businesses shutting down, desperate people, including children and women, running frantically in avenues only meant for cars.” “Cars were going the wrong way everyone was just trying to get through,” she said. One woman, who lives outside Guayaquil and was told to go home early by her boss, described the chaotic traffic on her drive home. The situation has struck fear among many Ecuadorians. Police have not confirmed those injuries. Rendon said he knew of one person being shot and another injured by the assailants. “They wanted to enter the studio so that we could say what they wanted, I guess their message,” Rendon recalled in a video on TC Television’s official X account. TC Television anchor Jorge Rendon described the takeover of the broadcast as an “extremely violent attack.” The perpetrators would be brought to justice for their “acts of terrorism,” he added. At least four firearms, two grenades, and “explosive material” were recovered and 13 people apprehended, César Zapata, General Commander of the National Police said. ![]()
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