More than 38 countries have offered support to Ecuador to confront criminal violence, says Noboa

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboastated this Thursday that more than 38 countries have offered him their support to face the violence that his country is experiencing, attributed to organized crime groups, which he called “terrorists”.

“We are working with more than 38 nations who will provide international assistance and welcome support from Argentina it’s from U.S“, he said in an interview with the radio station “FM Mundo”.

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The president highlighted that this “This is not the time to, out of ego or vanity, say no. Let’s protect our sovereignty, don’t let the military come here”.

“We need military support in the form of people, soldiersas well as assistance in intelligence, artillery and equipment”, he indicated.

On Wednesday, Noboa stated that his country is in a state of war after the violent actions carried out by organized crime gangs that led him to declare an internal armed conflict, and said that he does not intend to negotiate or give in to these groups.

“We are in a state of war and we cannot give in to these terrorists“Noboa said in what was her first public intervention since the beginning of this insecurity crisis.

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This crisis began with the prison escape from Adolfo Macías ‘Fito’leader of the criminal gang’The Choneros‘, before being transferred and isolated in a maximum security prison.

The tension remains Ecuador after a series of prison riots and vehicle explosions, the kidnapping of police officers, the retention of prison officers in different prisons and even the armed invasion of a television channel last Tuesday, which ended with 13 detainees.

These events, attributed to criminal gangs, occurred when the President’s Government Daniel Noboa He was preparing to implement his plan to regain control of Ecuador’s prisons, many of them internally dominated by organized crime groups.

Source: Elcomercio

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