Ten people were killed and two others were injured. in an armed attack that occurred on Saturday night in the coastal city of GuayaquilThe State Attorney General’s Office reported this Sunday.
in your account Twitterhe Public ministry reported that it opened, ex officio, a preliminary investigation “for the murder of 10 people, after an armed attack, which took place this Saturday night in Gómez Rendón and 14 streets, southwest of Guayaquil.”
He noted that, with the support of the Police, he raised several signs at the scene, including a firearm (rifle type) and another 9-millimeter, among other evidence.
“Operatives are being carried out to locate the alleged perpetrators of the attackwithout there being any detainees,” said the prosecutionwhile the Police have offered to provide more details about the event in the next few hours.
This is the second violent case on the Ecuadorian coast this month, after what happened on April 11, when an armed group opened fire on fishermen who were doing their usual work in a port in Esmeraldas, leaving nine dead.
wave of violence
The government of the conservative president William Lasso has begun to consider as terrorism the latest actions perpetrated by organized crimelike the massacre in Esmeraldas.
According to the authorities, this attack was supposedly caused by a confrontation between criminal gangs for control of the place, and in retaliation for the fishermen’s decision to accept extortion from the rival gang to provide them with security in exchange for money.
Likewise, last Thursday there was an ambush of a military transport by armed men, in which two people died, including an officer of the Ecuadorian Navy, supposedly as a result of the anti-drug operations carried out in the Posorja port terminal. .
These actions are particularly concentrated in the coastal areas of the countrywhere Ecuador has gained weight in international drug trafficking routes to carry large amounts of cocaine to North America and Europe from its ports, especially Guayaquil.
The wave of violence has unleashed deep concern among the population, which for the past two years has seen the proliferation of news of murders that echo daily in the media and that, according to analysts, appear to have passed the control of law enforcement.
Terrorism, threat to the country
Last Friday, the Ecuadorian Defense Minister, louis laraassured that the Armed Forces have reinforced their operations after the Public and State Security Council (Cosepe) declare terrorism a threat to the country and recommend the use of lethal weapons against organized crime.
Lara explained that military operations have been intensified “in the most conflictive areas of the national territory to combat and eradicate criminal groups and their allies that commit terrorist attacks and massacres, complying with the protocols and regulations of international law and current legal provisions.” .
“You can be sure that in actions against terrorist acts we will not hesitate to put into practice all the capacity, experience and professionalism of our soldiers. It is time to say enough to criminals and their allies,” Lara said.
Lara considered that the objective of these criminal groups “is not only to maintain their shady businesses, but undermine the foundations of democracy and the rule of lawwith the complicity of political and economic interests”.
Likewise, the minister stressed that the actions of organized crime, considered as terrorism by the Ecuadorian government, “include not only those who promote them, but also those who carry them out and their accomplices, who are in charge of protecting them and laundering their money or provide logistical assistance.
Source-larepublica.pe
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