A total of 92 firearms, including rifles, rifles, shotguns, pistols, pistols, revolvers and 403 ammunition of different calibers, among other items of seized weapons will be transferred to be destroyed in the Quito ammunition depot. Thus, Gabriel Zárate, commander of the ‘Galápagos’ Nº11 Armored Cavalry Brigade located in Riobamba, stated that “as a result of the coordinated work carried out by personnel from the Armed Forces and the Chimborazo Weapons Control Center, the respective evacuation of weapons, ammunition, material and explosives”, he also pointed out that the regulatory protocol has been followed: in which a declaration of obsolescence was made and that after completing the 70-day period, these seized weapons will be destroyed.
Namely. During the last semester of 2022 in the provinces of Chimborazo, Bolívar and Tungurahua, through various military operations (Camex), the confiscation and seizure of firearms that will be evacuated has been achieved. Zárate also mentioned that “there are articles and weapons that have been delivered voluntarily by civil, legal or natural personnel who do not comply with the provisions of the law and who do not comply with the corresponding permits for the possession of weapons.” Before the transfer of the weapons for their respective destruction through the management of the Arms Control Center, the Prosecutor’s Offices of the named provinces are requested in order to determine if any material or article is not immersed in the judicial processes, knowing that none of the weapons have any link to any crime.
Job. At the provincial level, surprise operations deployed by the institution are constantly carried out, as well as in coordination with other entities. The main objective is to maintain the peace and security of citizens. It should be noted that military personnel carry out various dissemination campaigns on illegal possession. of weapons and the consequences of not having pertinent records, notwithstanding the percentage of voluntary surrender is very low, for this reason the sectors with the highest complexity index continue to be visited in order to prevent crimes.