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Criminal groups sow terror in Quito and Guayaquil. They kidnapped police officers in prisons.
Find the validation of El Cazamentiras at the end of the news.
The images left by the panorama of violence today in Ecuador are heartbreaking. TV channel presenters They were threatened by criminals who entered the recording set and intimidated them to death with weapons.
(We recommend you read: Ecuador, in a state of internal conflict: declares a frontal war against crime).
On the other hand, Dozens of people ran from a shopping center and a university before an alleged takeover of the establishments.
Videos show the takeovers in at least six prisons in the country and the constant threats to workers of the penalties.
That's why since this Monday President Daniel Noboa decreed a state of emergency so that the Military Forces could control the rebels in the prisons.
(We recommend you read: Video: a group of armed criminals took over a live television signal in Ecuador).
We tell you minute by minute how the public order situation in Ecuador is progressing.
Colombia rejects violence in Ecuador and supports the government of Daniel Noboa
The Colombian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it rejects the violent events of the last few hours.
“The Government of Colombia expresses its explicit and unequivocal support for democratic institutions and the rule of law in the sister Republic of Ecuador. In that sense, it rejects the recent acts of violence unleashed in several cities of the sister country and expresses its solidarity with the affected,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Former President Rafael Correa expresses 'unrestricted support' for President Noboa
“President Daniel Noboa: have all our total unrestricted support. Please don’t give in.” With that message, the former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa spoke this Tuesday about the current security crisis that the neighboring country is experiencing.
Through his account on the social network country.
Ecuadorian police officers deployed in the streets.
Government of Ecuador suspends face-to-face classes after wave of violence in the country
The Government of Ecuador suspended face-to-face classes throughout the country on 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 entered a television channel. in the port city of Guayaquil.
There is chaos due to alleged takeovers of universities and shopping centers
Videos shared on social networks show how some people run out of universities and shopping centers due to alleged armed takeovers by criminals.
The events have been recorded in Guayaquil and Quito.
I have signed the executive decree declaring Internal Armed Conflict and identified the following transnational organized crime groups as terrorist organizations and belligerent non-state actors: Águilas, ÁguilasKiller, Ak47, Caballeros Oscuros, ChoneKiller,… pic.twitter.com/rVfSTFmHlG
— Daniel Noboa Azin (@DanielNoboaOk) January 9, 2024
Daniel Noboa recognized an 'internal armed conflict' in Ecuador
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, recognized this Tuesday in a decree the existence of an “internal armed conflict” in the country and ordered the Armed Forces to carry out military actions “under international humanitarian law and respecting human rights.”
“I have signed the executive decree declaring Internal Armed Conflict” and “I have ordered the Armed Forces to carry out military operations to neutralize these groups,” the president expressed through the social network X.
Criminals entered a television channel and intimidated journalists during a live broadcast
Strong images revealed the moments of panic that the news presenters of the TC television channel experienced when armed criminals threatened to kill them in the middle of a live broadcast.
The police intervened at the scene and freed the hostages.
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