President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso announced a state of emergency in the country. The special regime is introduced to combat drug trafficking. In his appeal to the nation, the president called the drug trafficker enemy of Ecuador number one, reports The Guardian.
The President noted that Ecuador moved from the status of a transit country to a consumer country of drugs. The problem with drugs in the country is expressed not only in the amount of prohibited substances consumed, but also in the number of crimes, directly or indirectly associated with them. The number of murders, robbery, robbery and theft is growing in Ecuador.
“The National Government will use all the forces to fulfill the only mission: to restore the security of citizens,” Lasso said in his appeal. The army and the police will begin patrolling the streets, and the introduced emergency regime will limit the freedom of movement, meetings and associations for Ecuador’s citizens.
September 30 in the clashes between the prisoners in Ecuadorian prison killed 116 people. Then Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in the penitentiary system of Ecuador. These events he also binds to drug trafficking.