What happened in Ecuador?
The armed group that attacked the canal allegedly belonged to the criminal gang of ‘The Tiguerones’, according to the police.
The State Attorney General, Diana Salazar, deplored the crime of the Public Ministry agent and said that her agency will not stop its fight against organized crime groups.
“This atrocious event brings with it a message for the work that we are carrying out through justice in Ecuador,” but “organized crime groups, criminals, terrorists will not stop our commitment to Ecuadorian society,” the prosecutor pointed out.
He also called on the law enforcement forces to “guarantee the safety” of officials, as well as the Judicial Council to authorize the judicial hearings carried out by prosecutors from the units against organized crime “to be carried out electronically.” “.
Salazar said that the Prosecutor’s Office has undertaken the first investigations into Suárez’s murder and after expressing condolences to his family, he assured that his legacy will accompany the Public Ministry’s fights against crime.
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During January 9, violent actions in different parts of Ecuador, such as the kidnapping and murder of police officers, explosive devices, burned vehicles, riots in prisons with around 200 hostages, who have already been released, and the aforementioned takeover of a television channel by an armed group.
The events occurred at a time when the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, was preparing to launch a plan of “firm hand” to regain control of prisons, many of them dominated by organized crime gangs where, since 2020, more than 450 prisoners have been murdered in a series of prison massacres between rival groups.
This violence has also moved to the streets, where in recent years Ecuador has risen to be one of the most violent countries in the world, with around 45 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023, the year in which the man was murdered. presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
Noboa decreed last week in an unprecedented manner in Ecuador the existence of a “internal armed conflict” against organized crime mafias, mainly dedicated to drug trafficking, and which have been classified as terrorist groups and belligerent non-state actors to be neutralized by law enforcement.
Although the situation had calmed down and Ecuadorians were seeking to regain normality, yesterday Tuesday a prison officer was murdered in the Amazonian province of Sucumbíos and this Wednesday the crime of prosecutor César Suárez occurred.
Credits: EFE Agency.