They investigate alleged explosive left by a drone in Ecuador’s maximum security prison

The authorities of Ecuador They investigate an alleged explosive device left by a drone in the early hours of this Tuesday on the roof of The rockthe country’s maximum security prison, located within the prison complex of Guayaquil.

???????? | THE LATEST: A drone with an explosive device landed on top of one of the pavilions of the regional prison also known as “La Roca” in Guayaquil, Ecuador. pic.twitter.com/q9MopeisOc

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The Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapataassured that the object was intended to be introduced into the prison facility, where the most dangerous prisoners in the country are held, including some of those investigated for the murder of the presidential candidate. Fernando Villavicencio.

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In his message published on social networks, Shoe released photos of a drone allegedly perched on one of the roofs of The rock with an object hanging from its central part.

Inside the prison The rock security protocols were activated, according to the National Service of Comprehensive Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), the state agency in charge of the administration and control of the 35 prisons that Ecuador has.

In the prisons of Guayaquil there are precedents of explosive attacks with drones as well as the entry of prohibited objects such as weapons using these flying objects, within the framework of the confrontation between criminal gangs that internally control the prisons and that have murdered more than 400 prisoners since 2020 in different prison massacres.

Until last week he was in The rock the leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang, Adolfo Macias “Fito”, who returned to the Guayaquil Regional Prison thanks to a court order that revoked his admission to the maximum security prison.

“Fito“had been transferred to La Roca a few days after the assassination of Villavicenciowho had pointed out him as the alleged origin of the death threats he had received days before the crime.

The Government Minister, Henry Cucalonconfirmed this Tuesday that, despite completely disagreeing, the Government complied with the judicial measure and returned “Fito” to the Regional Prison of Guayaquila prison that is internally controlled by The Choneros.

Ecuador is experiencing a wave of violence that the authorities attribute to organized crime, mainly dedicated to drug trafficking, which has caused the country to go through 5.8 to 25.32 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022, the highest number since records have been recorded, and which according to experts may reach 40 this year.

Source: Elcomercio

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