Ecuador is suffering a wave of attacks and “terrorist attacks” in various parts of the country. As a result, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency for the entire country last Monday and declared an “internal armed conflict”.
Internal armed conflict
Executive Decree 111 recognizes the existence of an internal armed conflict and The use of the armed forces is intended to counteract the current situation of insecurity.
The spiral of violence triggered by the activities of “narco-terrorist” groups has left at least ten dead, including two Ecuadorian National Police officers, and three injured.
Day of Terror
Ecuador experienced a day of terror this Tuesday with the simultaneous attack by armed groups that frightened the population and attacked shopping centers, took to the streets and – during the live broadcast – broke into a television station in Guayaquil, the country's second largest city epicenter organized crime attacks.
Prison crisis
Previously, Noboa had declared a state of emergency and a curfew for sixty days on Monday evening, following the “disappearance” and riots the day before of Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito”, the dangerous leader of the criminal gang Los Choneros, who was housed in six prisons in the country . The escape came as the government planned to move Macías to a maximum security prison.
Noboa has not appeared in public
Despite the seriousness of the events that left at least ten people dead, the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa, who took office last November, has been absent from social networks since the broadcast of a video with the President of the Republic on Monday evening occurred in public declaration of a state of emergency and curfew.
What impact does it have?
The wave of violence committed by criminal organizations in Ecuador has, among other things, international implications, such as Peru's decision to declare a state of emergency at the border. The events in Ecuador have sparked fear in Peru, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency and order the deployment of the armed forces to reinforce the surveillance tasks of the National Police (PNP) throughout the country's northern border.
On his part This Wednesday, the Spanish Embassy in Quito called on Spanish citizens in Ecuador to take extreme precautions and limit their freedom of movement. due to the violent incidents that are shaking the country, particularly in Quito and Guayaquil.
Another reaction came from the USA, which announced the cancellation of all appointments for consular affairs in its facilities and in the Guayaquil consulate due to the situation in the country.