On another issue, there is concern about drug collection centers in residential areas of Guayaquil.
The Minister of Government, Alexandra Vela, asked the Comptroller to carry out a special examination of the accounts and assets of the Police generals. This decision is made after the United States ambassador to Ecuador, Michael Fitzpatrick, affirmed that in the country there are “narcogenerales”.
On another topic, there is concern about centers of drug collection in residential areas From Guayaquil. The Police have made several discoveries of alkaloid in citadels such as La Alborada, Urdesa, Kennedy, in the north of the city and closed urbanizations of La Aurora, in Daule.
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Examinations were requested of accounts and assets of Police generals
Diego Chimbo, lawyer for the general of the National Police on active duty, Víctor Araus, reported that the United States Embassy in Ecuador canceled his client’s visa and his family. In a press conference that lasted less than 5 minutes and in which questions from journalists were not accepted, Commander General Tannya Varela asked the Comptroller’s Office, the Financial Analysis Unit and the Superintendency of Banks to carry out the necessary examinations of bank accounts and assets of all police officers who have been promoted since 2016.
Narcogenerales case: Alexandra Vela asks the Comptroller’s Office to examine the accounts and assets of the Generals of the National Police
Concern about drug stockpiling at homes
The main scene of seizures is Guayas, with 70% of the 190 tons seized so far this year. In 2020, which was also considered an unprecedented figure, there were 128.4 tons seized nationwide, according to police records. Besides of use of warehouses or sheds in peripheral areas and in the south, near ports, several of the recent drug discoveries have been replicated in residential areas.
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