The operations of the National Police Last night, Tuesday January 9, more than seventy people were arrested for ‘attacks and terrorist acts’.

These are the preliminary results of the entity, at least in response to a violent day in the country eight dead in Guayaquil. The riots started early Tuesday morning, hours after the president of the republic Daniel Noboa Azin will declare a state of emergency with a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), police detailed the following results of their operations.

In another statement, the entity reported that seven suspects involved in the kidnapping of police officers had been arrested in Quevedo, Los Ríos. Police assure that operational deployment continues to find their uniformed officers. (JO)