The two bombs that exploded in the capital of the Republic, the threats of extortionists to the tanker drivers working in Mount Sinai, the massacre in Balzar and other murders this week make it urgent to raise unity to face the scourge that has not given a truce to the country where even politicians have been murdered.

The roof of the second car bomb in Quito flew onto the terrace of a neighboring building

Organized crime continues to operate in a society that cannot find a way out of insecurity. A weak institutional framework, disinformation, political calculations, without the slightest interest in giving in and sitting down at the table to discuss ideas and find coincidences and solutions, give an advantage to drug dealers, extortionists, murderers and other criminals.

Isolated efforts will always be fragile. The state of emergency government announces that the number of violent deaths is decreasing, but Ecuador cannot live under this regime all the time, that’s why long-term security plans, international cooperation, organization…

Six people were arrested in connection with a vehicle explosion in the Mariscal sector of Quito

Can Ecuador fight organized crime alone? Definitely not. The international community must turn its gaze towards the country, and the authorities must look for experience and external cooperation, without affecting sovereignty, in order to at least direct solutions and for the next government – regardless of the one elected on October 15 – to find the basis for an exit. the hole we are in

It is true that resources are needed, but in order to achieve this you have to organize and restore institutionality, everything goes together: action and justice.

The explosions of two car bombs in Quito caused a new alarm. The government attributed them to interventions in prisons. There are detainees for the murders of Manta Mayor Agustín Intriago and presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, but the cases are still under investigation.

Confidence in the judiciary and in all institutions is important on the way to achieving organization and unity in the fight against crime. (OR)