The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced this Wednesday, December 14, rapprochements with the Government of Ecuador to combat drug trafficking mafias that use the northern border.
Petro has announced that it will seek support from President Guillermo Lasso to carry out joint operations for this purpose.
“I will seek the support of the President of Ecuador to carry out joint operations on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border against the mafias that use the border as a drug trafficking route,” Petro said on his Twitter account.
Guayaquil residents think that targeting control operations in seven provinces is positive, but more measures are required
Petro’s announcement comes the day a state of emergency ends in the three provinces of Ecuador hit by a wave of violence unleashed by mafias with ties to drug trafficking.
Precisely, yesterday, the commander of the Ecuadorian Police, Fausto Salinas, announced that after the state of emergency they will focus actions in seven provinces that are within the drug trafficking route.
There he mentioned the provinces of the Ecuadorian Coast and Pichincha.
After the state of emergency in Guayas, Santo Domingo and Esmeraldas, the operations will focus on seven provinces
The border with Colombia is key, since Esmeraldas has registered a strong wave of violence in its streets this year. The province has gangs that control sectors and have links to drug trafficking.
Putumayo, conflict zone
The Putumayo area has become conflictive. In fact, Colombian media have reported that this announcement by Petro comes hours after another massacre was recorded in that department.
In the Orito area, five young people were killed and four other people were injured.
The victims were in a house in the La Esperanza neighborhood, next to an oil well, when men armed with short weapons entered and fired indiscriminately against people in the place, according to the newspaper Bogota Time.
Two weeks ago, Petro arranged to reinforce that department, on the border with Ecuador, with military units. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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