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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Ho hum, sounds like a normal day in our big democrat cities.
...coming to a city near YOU!
So far I haven’t heard a peep from the senile fool in the WH, anybody in the defense department, or in fact anybody in the administration.
This is a massive crisis. An ally has been taken over by a coalition of leftist drug gangs; they have executed police, students, anybody who happened to be within reach on the streets. They’re burning them alive, decapitating, shooting and bombing them, and the army is in the streets and almost overwhelmed.
This directly affects our security. Some of the gang members are Venezuelan , criminals (who are are spread throughout Latin America and hated by the other countries), most are Ecuadorians…and guess what, everyday these people stream across the US border.
What, me worry? Nobody’s home at the WH.
But . . .
But . . .
Drugs are a victimless crime.
I’m sure Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba are all deeply involved in this. Biden will do nothing....................
Sounds like Ecuador should stop imprisoning Cartel leaders. Just shoot them.
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Any civilized country that lacks the will to do so is ultimately doomed.
First offense...no plea deals. JUST like Singapore!
A few years ago we were in Kenya taking a long drive with our guide to Amboselli National Park. During the drive we got to talking about poachers. Our guide (a great guy named James) told us that the Kenyan government's official policy toward poachers was shoot to kill. No arrests...no effort to disarm them...just light them up.
Sometimes harsh measures are the only answer.
I was in Peru a couple of weeks ago and several people told me that they are being overrun by Venezuelan illegal immigrants. They estimate that something like two million have gotten into the country in the last few years. They also have had a significant increase in their Muslim population, also illegals brought into the country from abroad by the drug/human trafficking gangs.
Peru was finally recovering from the Marxist guerrillas (Sendero and Tupac Amayru) and their drug-trade supported violence and the Venezuelans are bringing it all back.
Latin American countries have big problems with illegal immigration and the fact that our border is wide open, uncontrolled and actively encourages this flow of criminals (particularly from the Marxist rogue states) contributes to problems all over the hemisphere.
Destabilization.
That is the goal.
For now..........................
Why would they do that? The Mexican government runs the cartels.
btt
They liked that they country US currency was the dollar, as inflation was no longer a problem.
Boy, have they got a big surprise coming in the next few year
You have to understand that when you have over 100% inflation per year, even 10 to 15% inflation per year looks really good. And, yes, I think that the federal reserve bank will not meet its annual 2% per year inflation target, I think it will likely be higher.
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