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The police of Ecuador this Sunday arrested 68 alleged members of a criminal group that was trying to take control of a hospital in a city of Guaias (southwest), at a time when the country is fighting a war against drugs with thousands of soldiers deployed.
“We neutralized terrorist suspects who were trying to take control of the facilities of a nursing home in Yaguachi, Guaias“, said the police on the social network X.
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These people were given access “to protect a member of his organization, the same one who was hospitalized as injured in the early hours of the morning.“added the authority.
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During the incident that occurred at the Yaguachi nursing home, #Guayasa clandestine rehabilitation center where anti-social people were hiding was raided.
The operation was carried out by tactical, intelligence, investigation and… pic.twitter.com/czkSEiN1bm
— Ecuador Police (@PoliciaEcuador) January 21, 2024
Twenty organizations spread terror in Ecuador and impose its power from prisons, in retaliation for the government’s firm policies to face the onslaught of drug trafficking.
The spectacular seizure of power by armed men TC Television broadcast in full on January 9 shocked the country and led President Noboa to declare a “internal armed conflict”And order a relentless fight against the drug gangs he described as“terrorists”.
The police added this Sunday that firearms and drugs were also seized during the police operation. A clandestine rehabilitation center was also raided.”where they were hiding”The alleged members of the band, stated the entity.
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“Inside this supposed rehabilitation center, it has been the command center for all these people“, the local police chief told the press, Julio Camachowho reported that in those facilities it also worked “a brothel”.
Hundreds of clandestine rehabilitation centers, which do not have adequate conditions to care for patients, have been closed by the Ecuadorian health authorities. Others were scenes of tragedies, such as when 18 people died in 2019 after being trapped in a fire.
Several of these clandestine centers have been linked to local criminal gangs and have even been targets of armed attacks, while others have been classified as kidnapping and torture centers by human rights organizations.
Source: Elcomercio
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