The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declared in a decree the existence of a “internal armed conflict” in the country and ordered the Armed Forces to carry out actions, after armed men took over the TC Television channel in full live broadcast.
“I have signed the executive decree declaring an Internal Armed Conflict,” he wrote. Noboa in a message on his X account (formerly Twitter) in which he noted that he has identified transnational organized crime groups “as terrorist organizations and belligerent non-state actors.”
Among them he listed “Águilas, ÁguilasKiller, Ak47, Caballeros Oscuros, ChoneKiller, Choneros, Covicheros, Cuartel de las Feas, Cubanos, Fatales, Gánster, Kater Piler, Lagartos, Latin Kings, Lobos, Los p.27, Los Tiburones, Mafia 18, Mafia Trébol, Patrones, R7, Tiguerones”.
And he added that he has ordered the Armed Forces to carry out military operations to neutralize these groups.
Noboa He signed the decree at times of great tension in the country due to car explosions in different cities, attacks with explosives, kidnapping of police officers and retention of penitentiary agents in the prisons themselves.