The Government of Ecuador suspended face-to-face classes throughout the country this Tuesday until January 12, in the midst of a violent day at the hands of organized crime groups, who have set vehicles on fire, kidnapped police officers and joined a television channel in the port city of Guayaquil.
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The Ministry of Education reported that “the change to the Non-Personal modality is arranged throughout the National Educational System”, which includes state, municipal and private schools. TOOthers, he noted in a statement that “the teleworking modality was applied to all personnel who work in the national educational system”.
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Earlier, the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declared in a decree the existence of an “internal armed conflict” in the country and ordered the Armed Forces to carry out actions, after armed men took over the TC Television channel in full live broadcast.
“I have signed the executive decree declaring an Internal Armed Conflict,” Noboa wrote in a message on his X account (formerly Twitter) in which he noted that he has identified transnational organized crime groups “as terrorist organizations and belligerent non-state actors.”
Among them he listed “Águilas, ÁguilasKiller, Ak47, Caballeros Oscuros, ChoneKiller, Choneros, Covicheros, Cuartel de las Feas, Cubanos, Fatales, Gánster, Kater Piler, Lagartos, Latin Kings, Lobos, Los p.27, Los Tiburones, Mafia 18, Mafia Trébol, Patterns, R7, Tiguerones”
EFE
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