With a ceremony, the Ecuadorian Air Force remembered the victory of Cenepa and Combat Aviation Day

At the Taura Air Base, a military ceremony was held this Friday the 11th to commemorate the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Cenepa Aerial Victory and for Combat Aviation Day.

There was an exhibition of exercises and air military maneuvers.

Every February 10, the pilots of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) remember the events by which Ecuador won the aerial victory in the war against Peru. It was February 10, 1995. At that time, the aircraft that finally won the victory left, days before, from the Taura Air Base, Combat Wing 21.

The Minister of Defense, Luis Hernández, and other authorities were at the military act.

There, awards were given to members of the FAE.

Also attending the ceremony were journalists who received recognition for their work, such as Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros, news presenter for Ecuavisa.

The channel later highlighted that Espinosa de los Monteros was also a war reporter.

Other journalists from various media outlets also received recognition.

Soldiers now on the streets in the fight against crime

At the end of the act, the Minister of Defense, Luis Hernández, assured that the coordination between the Police and the Armed Forces has improved in the fight against crime in the country and in cities such as Guayaquil.

He stressed that there are about 1,500 soldiers deployed (and that they are relieved) only in the Litoral Penitentiary and that if more are needed, more uniformed personnel will be available, because “security is the most important thing.”

The joint work they do with the Police strengthens the fight against crime.

By means of batches it will be possible to know how public company ammunition has reached criminals

He also said that when the Police give them the data, the Ministry of Defense will be able to see to whom the company that manufactures weapons in Ecuador sold the ammunition that has been used and found in the recent crimes in Guayaquil. This for the batches of ammunition, which would determine who they sold to.

The National Police is also one of the clients of the public company (attached to the Ministry of Defense) that manufactures, imports and sells weapons in the country, according to the minister. He said that in 2018 alone, this state company sold half a million cartridges to the National Police, not counting the civilian party to which the firm provides weapons. (I)