Daniel Noboa says he is winning the fight against organized crime in Ecuador

Last week, the president declared a situation of “internal armed conflict” and the number of violent deaths, he said, fell from 38 to six per day

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The Chief Executive was present this Monday 22nd at a ceremony to hand over new equipment to the National Police

The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declared this Monday, 22, that the government is winning the fight it declared against organized crime in the country, whose groups have been classified as terrorists after a wave of violence in the country. “We had everything against us, but we are winning this fight,” he said. The CEO was present at the handover ceremony new equipment for the National Police. Last week the president declared a situation of “internal armed conflict” and, according to him, the number of violent deaths fell from 38 to six per day. The new equipment received this Monday includes approximately 22,000 bulletproof vests, 1,752 portable communication devices, four explosive robots, four disruptor cannons, four frequency inhibitors and four Xray machines.

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“This is not a time of indecision and ambiguity because this is a historic moment when the country was one step away from slipping out of our hands, but the police and Armed forces They have shown that they are up to these challenges,” he said. The president emphasized that the country had previously been weakened by several political crises Pandemicfor the populism and for financial irresponsibility. “We were on the defensive for years and now we’re on the offensive. “Today we realize that we have a common enemy: the 'drug terrorist' mafia who are trying to weaken us as a nation,” he said. Noboa took the opportunity to ask for a minute of silence for civilians who have been collateral victims since the beginning of the conflict.

*With information from EFE