Noboa sees signs of narcopolitics in company that supplied food to prisons in Ecuador

The president of Ecuador, Daniel NoboaHe called those who allegedly defend monopolistic contracts for the provision of food services in the country’s prisons narco-politicians and said that they are the ones who hinder the management of his Government.

His comment on social media came shortly after his office said in a statement that it had filed complaints with the State Public Prosecutor’s Office about alleged links to organized crime by the company that provided food services in some prisons in the country.

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“We will never favor state suppliers that have links to organized crime“Noboa said in a message posted on his account on the X network, in which he said he suspected that there are suppliers who”They are used to the State financing them, letting them pass, giving them a hand”.

Your reference pointed to a company called Lafattoria SA which until recently provided food services in some prisons in the country for nine years.

“There are 171 million (dollars) that the food supplier to the country’s prisons has accumulated since 2015. 171 million that, if the connection to the illicit acts presented today in the complaint to the Public Ministry were proven, would have been used to finance these criminal organizations“, said the president.

According to Noboa, the governments that preceded his “they delivered the Ecuador these criminals (service companies supposedly linked to criminal mafias) for years, getting them used to another type of policy”.

That’s why “Today they feel threatened and are determined to impede the progress of this Government that, finally, calls them what they are: narcopoliticians.“, concluded the president’s message.

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According to a statement from the Presidency of the Republic, the Government’s Legal and Public Integrity Secretariats sent “a criminal news” to the Public Ministry, disclosing some “alerts categorized as ‘secret’ by Strategic Intelligence Center” that point to the company Lafattoria SA

The Noboa GovernmentIt will not allow any act that threatens public integrity, nor relationships with alleged suppliers whose links suggest coexistence with organized crime.“, highlighted the Presidency in its statement.

Furthermore, she said she was willing to collaborate with the investigation of the case and that, “Unlike previous administrations, impunity has no place in this Government”.

“All monopolistic conduct will be investigated and brought to the attention of the competent authorities.,” the source added.

Since late April, prisoner family groups and non-governmental organizations have reported that some prisons in Ecuador have been left without food suppliers after new hires were not processed in a timely manner.

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This prompted relatives of inmates to collect food and donate to prisons.

A judge ordered this Thursday that the Ministry of Economy and Finance disburse a budget item to cover priority food contracting processes in Zone 1, within three months and under the supervision of the Controller It is Ombudsmanas reported on social media by Regional Human Rights Advisory Foundation (Inredh).

The human rights organization also indicated that the magistrate decided that the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), the State’s penitentiary body, must accept donations from family members.

Source: Elcomercio

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