Posted on 10/19/2021 9:53:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A 60-day nationwide state of emergency has come into force in Ecuador.
The measure was announced by President Guillermo Lasso on Monday evening in response to a wave of violent crime.
Guillermo Lasso said police and the armed forces were being mobilised and their presence would be felt "with force" in the streets.
Official figures suggest the number of murders in the first eight months of this year are double those in the same period last year.
Speaking in a televised address, President Lasso said that under the emergency measures, the armed forces and police would carry out "arms checks, inspections, 24-hour patrols, and drug searches, among other actions".
The measure was introduced weeks after a prison fight in the port city of Guayaquil left 119 inmates dead.
Analysts said the prison killings had probably been ordered from outside the jail, mirroring a power struggle between Mexican drug cartels currently under way in Ecuador.
They added that the deadly fight had highlighted the growing influence in Ecuador of the Mexican criminal organisations, which operate in the Andean country through local gangs.
Ecuador is a transit country for cocaine smuggled from neighbouring Peru and Colombia and much of the crime wave is thought to be drug-related.
"There's only one enemy in the streets of Ecuador and that's drug trafficking," President Lasso said on Monday.
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But drugs are a victimless crime
The Free Republic drug dealers aren’t going to like this article.
Coming soon to America? If the crime wave here gets worse it will give Biden a reason to declare martial law.
The criminals don’t want to mess with the indigenous tribes of the north Ecuador Andes. They’re tough as nails.
The surging crime rate is no doubt confined to the large urban areas of Ecuador.
We must therefore bring them here.
For many years Ecuador was one of the top destinations for people wishing to retire overseas. There are a lot of expats living there. I hope that they don’t regret their decision.
Should have come down on BLM & ANTIFA with some butt kicking and name takin along with alittle grave digging.
Expect this to happen in liberal cities within weeks due to Covid vaccine firings.
I doubt that the police are looking forward to that possibility.
The whole reason for these poor policies in these Democrat hell holes and on the border and Afghani “refugees” is to foment chaos in all of the USA.
Oh when, oh when, will the United Nations be invited in to take control?
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hope this President, Guillermo Lasso, has the best personal protection available...
How much more defunding and painting the police as racists killers will they take before they start resigning en masse?
> Coming soon to America? <
I’d replace that question mark with an exclamation point.
Can we make this guy Mayor of Chicago? At least he’s taking aggressive measures to mitigate this problem !! Lightfoot is a light-weight!!
“a prison fight in the port city of Guayaquil left 119 inmates dead”
I do not see a problem here. Let the prisoners kill each other. Less to feed.
I remember all of the HGTV International episodes. Lots of people moved to the coast of Ecuador after/during the Great Recession.
I recall looking on line that you could buy an ocean front condo for $150K of less and a house for $250K or less directly on the Pacific Ocean.
I also recall that the realtor was an expatriot surfer dude that said you could get all new kitchen cabinets made for $2000 made from SA hardwoods.
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