Ecuador emergency explained | Guayaquil is prized turf for drug traffickers

Ecuador emergency explained | Guayaquil is prized turf for drug traffickers

Guil is a city on edge in a country that’s struggling to confront the power of its drugs gangs and now the spotlight is on the government’s response president Daniel naboa declared a state of internal armed conflict as a result of the violence the president named 22 criminal groups as terrorist

Organizations and ordered the country’s Armed Forces and police to mobilize and neutralize them thousands of soldiers and police officers have been deployed tanks and heavily armed security forces are patrolling the streets and setting up checkpoints Ecuador’s leaders have declared states of emergency before as the country’s gangs have increased in

Size and influence expanding their drug trafficking networks into new illicit economies taking control of the country’s prisons and corrupting agencies and institutions of the state but Mr naor de exporation of an armed conflict with gangs is the first in the country’s history gu’s prized Turf for drug traffickers seeking to guarantee

Cocaine pipelines to the USA and Europe the city’s criminal underworld is complex much of the recent violence is a result of a power vacuum following the killing of Jorge Sano alas rasia in December 2020 he was the leader of Los cheros until recently Ecuador’s largest and most feared

Gang trying to take advantage of the power vacuum left by Rask’s death groups that had once been substructures of the cheros broke away from their former allies the resulting rivalry between them drives much of the violence in Ecuador which has now become one of Latin America’s most violent

Countries when President naboa came to power last November he pledged to tackle the record-breaking violence in Ecuador his Phoenix security strategy included plans to enhance intelligence services and expand the military’s Presence at key points of Transport infrastructure with reference to president Na’s Hardline stance in El Salvador Mr naboa

Called for a similar so-called Iron Fist approach in Ecuador the Phoenix strategy also included prison reform president naboa pledged to build a maximum security Mega prison but his tough and crime policies appear to her fuel backlash from The Gangs rather than quash them Mr noo ad Administration has

Acknowledged that proposals to build new prisons and transfer jail gang leaders there may have set off this most recent wave of violence Security Experts have also warned that Highline approaches are not only costly and ineffective they’re frequently counterproductive do not provide long-term Sustainable Solutions to the challenges faced by the

Country harsh political realities are likely to restrain Mr naor’s ability to deliver on his security pledges the legislature is controlled by the OPP position and a Severe budget deficit will constrain his plans for extra spending despite calls for National Unity to confront the current crisis the proximity of the next election means the

Opposition will likely be wary of offering too much support to the president political analysts believe Mr naboa might have been too ambitious and many wonder if the president has a clear exit strategy from the war he’s just declared

Guayaquil is a city on edge in a country that is struggling to confront the power of its drugs gangs, and now the spotlight is on the government’s response.

President Daniel Noboa declared a state of “internal armed conflict” as a result of the violence. The president named 22 criminal groups as “terrorist organizations” and ordered the country’s armed forces and police to mobilize and “neutralize” them.

Thousands of soldiers and police officers have been deployed. Tanks and heavily armed security forces are patrolling the streets and setting up checkpoints.

Ecuador’s leaders have declared states of emergency before as the country’s gangs have increased in size and influence, expanding their drug trafficking networks into new illicit economies, taking control of the country’s prisons and corrupting agencies and institutions of the state. But Mr Noboa’s declaration of an armed conflict with gangs is the first in the country’s history.

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