QUITO.- The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, He rejected the proposal of the dictator, Nicolás Maduro, to receive help and advice on security matters and thus not have to resort to the intervention of the United States, with whose representatives he met this week.
“I don’t have a fight with Nicolás Maduro. I have enough fights here in this country to win additional fights,” he dismissed. Ecuadorian president, who since the outbreak of the new security crisis in the country has gladly received the help proposals from the rest of the region’s leaders.
“Simply, no, thank you very much,” said Noboa in an interview for the news portal ‘La Posta’, in which he also ironically commented on the words of the former Secretary of Security with Guillermo Lasso, Diego Ordóñez, about the similarities in how both administrations are managing this crisis. “It’s a good joke. I think the vast majority of Ecuador has seen a big difference,” he said.
On the other hand, Ecuador’s security forces reported that since January 9, when the “anti-terrorist” operations were launched, until Tuesday the 23rd, 3,219 people have been detained, of which 158 are being investigated. for terrorism, while five others were killed.
The head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Jaime Vela, highlighted that 32 prisoners who escaped from prisons were arrested again. In addition, 1,087 firearms and another 1,383 bladed weapons have been seized, in addition to 4,000 types of explosives, and $23,000 in cash has been seized.
Likewise, it was reported that eleven police officers have been released. However, two other agents and a prison guard have died in the performance of their duties, according to the newspaper ‘El Universo’.
Source: With information from Europa Press
