The exteriors of the land terminal are being used by transnational organizations, according to the Police.
A few weeks after the end of 2021 in Tulcán, on the border with Colombia, there are six violent deaths, one less than in 2020; However, insecurity in the south of the city grew due to the presence of criminal groups from Venezuela.
One of the places with the highest incidence is the land terminal, where a foreigner was killed 300 meters away, last week, with seven shots from a firearm and a fragmentation grenade was identified that was going to be thrown by one of the four apprehended in this case.
The first investigations suggest that it was a settling of accounts, a product of the dispute over territory in this place and on the trails that connect Ecuador and Colombia, where gangs dedicated to migrant smuggling operate.
Previously, two organizations that had controlled this infrastructure (terminal) for the commission of various crimes, including micro-trafficking, were apprehended.
The first operation ended with eight foreigners sentenced, after most availing themselves of the abbreviated procedure. The second action instead apprehended 16 people, between Venezuelans and Ecuadorians, to whom a judge ordered alternative measures.
The detainees in the three operations that included raids have been related to the violent and bloody gang called “El Tren de Aragua”, which operates in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile with a long criminal history.
Measures
Faced with the events recorded, the Carchi COE Security Table evaluated the internal and external security of this infrastructure administered by the Drivers Union.
After the latest event that has shocked this border city, military and police operations have been reinforced. In a meeting held on Monday, several commitments were agreed that will be fulfilled without extension until January 15, 2022.
It was decided to increase the number of private security guards; strict compliance with the object of hiring warehouses and offices that are rented inside this place, where according to complaints there is the presumption that there they carry out activities related to migrant smuggling.
In addition, the administration of this place will provide identification to the personnel working in the facilities; The installation of a single turnstile for passenger entry and exit is also planned.
The direct delivery of boarding tickets to users will be made internally; Likewise, the referral guide for sending parcels will be obligatorily granted.
One of the commitments to be fulfilled will be the placement of security seals on the door of the buses at the terminal, Sur and Julio Andrade control and vice versa; and a video surveillance camera will be located.
The Carchi State Polytechnic University will carry out a modernization technical study; while the administration must modernize the statutes and regulations for the operation of this station. (I)
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