Posted on 01/13/2024 1:12:25 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
From 5 p.m. on Tuesday to 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was deserted. As the sun began to rise, little by little the noise of cars, people passing by and a few open businesses began to ring out. The people who left their homes to go work repeated the same word: “fear.” After several days of escalating violence due to attacks by organized criminal groups, including the live kidnapping of journalists from the TC Televisión channel in Guayaquil, citizens were trying to resume their everyday activities amid strong feelings of uncertainty.
“I was panicking for my 23-year-old son,” said Luz, the owner of a grocery store, as she unloaded several buckets of eggs from her car. She was starting her day at 6 a.m. as usual, after having lost all her Tuesday sales. “We couldn’t sell, all the people started to go home in fear, they were evacuating the nearby shopping center and we didn’t know if it was a bomb or what was happening.”
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Let me guess; Law-abiding citizens are not allowed to own guns in Ecuador.
There’s a lot of AMERICAN retirees in Ecuador.
Just send them all here.
I have been mountain climbing in Ecuador. It was a wonderful place in the 1990s.
Ecuador needs to consult with the leader of El Salvador, the guy who built a huge supermax prison and filled it with gang bangers. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Context?
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Tucker Carlson!
Thanks for the ping!
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You won't be thanking me by the time the weekend is done.
President Retard imports this crap illegally into the US
I liked the 80s Pennywise version better. He gave off better creepy vibes.
Now you’re floating!
I actually looked that up a few days ago.
Citizens and even some non-citizens are allowed to purchase and posses A firearm .... With government permission, which is kind of a hassle but not particularly hard to get.
Some people are allowed to buy both a rifle and a pistol, but the second weapon is a lot more difficult to get permission for.
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