President Noboa decrees new state of emergency in Ecuador

teleSUR English

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, assured on Wednesday that the second phase of the "war" that he declared since the beginning of the year against organized crime gangs has begun, with the issuance of a new state of emergency that covers 7 of the 24 provinces of the country, as well as a municipality in an eighth province. teleSUR

Transcript

00:00In Ecuador, in the midst of the wave of armed violence that is shaking the country,

00:04President Daniel Novoa decreed a new state of emergency in seven provinces and one canton in

00:09the country. The measure will be applied for a period of 60 days in the provinces of Los Rios,

00:15Guayas, Santa Elena, Manaví, El Oro, Sucumbíos, Orellana and Decantón, Camilo Ponce, Enríquez

00:22of the province of Azuay. According to the Executive Decree 275, which establishes the

00:28measure, the availability of domicile and correspondence in the aforementioned entities

00:34is suspended. The President made a statement on the matter and said that, with this new

00:39state of exception, the second phase of the fight against terrorism in the country begins

00:43and to win it, according to his words, military intervention is necessary.

Category

Transcript

Recommended