2024-07-03 12:42:56
A little less than 6 months after the government of President EcuadorDaniel Noboa, declared a Exception status by violence In the country, the measure was ordered again.
On Tuesday, July 2, the central government of Ecuador He ordered again a Exception status in some provinces of the country, due to the high rates of violence.
Regarding the mechanism that was resumed after it was declared for the first time in January 2024, reports indicate that it occurs in the midst of a conflict with drug trafficking groups.
Violence in Ecuador (STRINGER / AFP)
Ecuador re-orders state of emergency in 6 provinces
Before the violence which takes place in 6 of the 24 provinces of Ecuadorthe government led by President Daniel Noboa, once again declared a Exception status.
The measure was declared after that in June past, the Constitutional Court rejected implement a similar security deployment in all affected areas.
By implementing the reactivation of the state of emergency to stop the violencethe Ecuadorian authorities detailed that will be active in the following provinces of the country:
- Guayas
- The rivers
- Manabi
- st. Helen
- Gold
- Camilo Ponce Enriquez
Similarly, the Communications Secretariat of the Ecuadorian central government detailed that the security actions They will be valid for a period of 60 days.
State of emergency in Ecuador (Dolores Ochoa / AP)
Why was a state of emergency declared once again in Ecuador?
As part of the state of emergency, the president Daniel Noboa ordered that rights are suspended to the inviolability of the home, to correspondence and to free association.
That is to say, the Armed Forces and the National Police will be able to prevent and break up meetings in public spaces where “potential security threats” are identified.
It should be noted that 2023 was the bloodiest year in the history of Ecuador, due to the conflict between groups of the organized crime who are fighting for control of the country.
Data released by the authorities indicate that the number of homicides It rose to an unprecedented rate of 47 per 100,000 inhabitants, which represents an exponential increase.
The above is due to the fact that compared to the 2018 statistics, the number of homicides increased by 39 per 100 thousand inhabitants, since in that year there were 6.
In this context, on Tuesday, July 2, the state of emergency was declared again. the crime that “has escalated quantitatively and qualitatively to an alarming degree of intensity.”
Prior to the new declaration, since June, the military and police headquarters of the central government they moved from Quito to the fishing port of Manta to stop the violence.
Wave of violence in Ecuador (EFE/Mauricio Torres / EFE)
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