Posted on 01/09/2024 9:55:03 PM PST by Red Badger
Ecuador has erupted into a 'civil war' with cartel thugs after the president ordered the army onto the streets and declared a state of 'internal armed conflict'.
Crazed criminals have rampaged through the South American country's cities today after President Daniel Noboa, 36, ordered a state of emergency.
Hooded gangsters seized a state TV news studio today, while a university was attacked and jail guards reportedly executed by prisoners.
Ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks including explosions and the abduction of several police officers after the government imposed a state of emergency in the wake of the escape of a powerful gang leader from prison.
Adolfo 'Fito' Macías, 44, the leader of Los Choneros gang, was found missing from his cell in a low security prison on the same day he was supposed to be transferred to a maximum security facility, on Sunday.
A manhunt is underway for Macías and Los Lobos leader Fabricio Colon Pico, who also escaped prison on Tuesday since his arrest last Friday for alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Ecuador's attorney general.
Peru also declared an emergency on Tuesday along its northern border with Ecuador because of the ongoing violence.
The US State Department said it was 'extremely concerned' by the violence. The British Foreign Office warned against all but essential travel to parts of the country.
Macías, who was convicted of drug trafficking, murder and organized crime, was serving a 34-year sentence in La Regional prison in the port of Guayaquil.
Los Choneros is one of the Ecuadorian gangs authorities consider responsible for a spike in violence that reached a new level last year with the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
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How long before the cartels in Mexico do the same thing?......................
Apparently this is why all the billionaires bought $100M bunkers and islands.
All they did was buy a little more time than us ne’er-do-well’s.
Pretty soon they will be asked by their families why they created world wide chaos.
I wonder what their answer will be...
Revelation 6:16 (NIV)
They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
My Niece is there.
Hope she can get out quickly....................
How long before the Cartels in the USA do the same thing?
It sounds like Ecuador is getting to be as bad as America.
Not until they take away our 2nd Amendment rights..................
At least Chicago and Baltimore...................
They’ve been doing that since forever. Nothing new.
Sounds like Ecuador should stop imprisoning Cartel leaders. Just shoot them.
The neighbor is a Dept of Ag employee stationed in Quito. Said he liked the place, with a year-round perfect climate, but a little too much rain.
The folks renting his house might have to find a new place soon.
Jeez, sounds an awful lot like big Blue cities during the St. George “mostly peaceful demonstrations” a coupla years ago. Dem beaners got nuff’n on our Homies. She’it Bro.
Coming to America. Right now the cartels own our politicians up and down the line.
I’ll see your Chicago and Baltimore and raise you a Detroit.
Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
I visited Ecuador last year. The poverty was astonishing. The people I talked to were struggling, but had hope. They liked that they country US currency was the dollar, as inflation was no longer a problem. We went to the Presidential Palace to see the changing of the guard, but had to go through multiple police check points.
In one of the cities, our cruise ship shore excursion has a police escort with both a male and female police officer to follow groups as we walked. The female officer would follow women to restrooms to make sure nothing happened. That was a clue that things were “safe” but not really safe.
I really enjoyed the country, but it was clear that things were on the edge.
I was just reading about how wonderful Ecuador was as a retirement destination...
Boy, have they got a big surprise coming in the next few years.
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