The head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of EcuadorJaime Vela, announced this Wednesday that in the operations carried out on Tuesday against the wave of attacks and riots generated by organized crime groups, “329” have been arrested. terrorists” and five have been killed.
“We have arrested 329 terrorists, we have killed five terrorists,” said Vela when taking stock of the operations carried out as a result of the decree of the president of the country, Daniel Noboa, which declared an internal armed conflict on Tuesday due to the resurgence of violent actions by organized crime groups.
The military chief, in a press conference, confirmed that there are no wounded or dead soldiers, although two police officers have been killed and one seriously injured.
He also indicated that according to the state penitentiary agency, called the National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), “there is no hostage who has been murdered,” of the 139 that are still among guards and administrative staff in five prisons in the state. country where inmates have rioted.
Last Monday, groups of inmates rioted in at least five prisons in the country and detained guards and prison staff, some of whom are still captive.
According to Vela, law enforcement has managed to free 41 people who were “kidnapped” and he said that 28 inmates who had escaped have also been captured.
The military chief indicated that the operations have been oriented, above all, against the gangs known as ‘Tiguerones’, ‘Los Lobos’ and ‘Los Choneros’, and reiterated that the military forces They have not suffered casualties in these actions.
He also reported that in the different operations carried out in the last two days, 61 firearms have been seized, among other materials used by criminals.
Vela asked Ecuadorians to “have patience, hope, faith in their Armed Forces and Police” who have deployed their best capabilities to stop the wave of violent actions by organized crime groups.
He insisted that law enforcement forces act in the current situation “so that peace reaches the entire country as quickly as possible.”
Vela also said that law enforcement has formed an “elite group” to search for José Adolfo Macías, known by the alias ‘Fito’ and leader of the ‘Los Choneros’ gang, considered among the most dangerous criminals and that He had escaped from prison where he was serving time for numerous crimes, including drug trafficking and murder.
President Noboa On Tuesday, he signed a decree in which he assured the existence of an “internal armed conflict” due to the actions of transnational organized crime groups, which he described as “terrorist organizations and belligerent non-state actors.”
He named the identified criminal gangs as ‘Águilas’, ‘ÁguilasKiller’, ‘Ak47′, ‘Dark Knights’, ‘ChoneKiller’, ‘Choneros’, ‘Covicheros’, ‘Cuartel de las Feas’, ‘Cubanos’, ‘Fatales’ , ‘Gangster’, ‘Kater Piler’, ‘Lizards’, ‘Latin Kings’, ‘Wolves’, ‘Los p.27’, ‘Sharks’, ‘Mafia 18’, ‘Mafia Trébol’, ‘Patterns’, ‘R7 ′ and ‘Tiguerones’.
The head of state ordered law enforcement to “neutralize” these groups.
Source: Gestion
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