Narcoterrorists Declare War on Ecuador (Spanish)
b'Mauro Echeverr\\xeda\\u2014deputy editor of the Impunity Observer\\u2014and Sebasti\\xe1n D\\xedaz\\u2014policy analyst with the Impunity Observer\\u2014explain the internal armed conflict in Ecuador. For them, the violence has been increasing since 2020. D\\xedaz adds that gangs declared war on Ecuador after Adolfo \\u201cFito\\u201d Mac\\xedas, leader of the Los Choneros gang, escaped from prison on January 7. Since then, gangs have occupied many streets, firing on anyone in their way, and taken control of a TV network and a university.\\n\\nD\\xedaz contends that the lack of state control in prisons has been an ongoing problem for the past three years. He adds that gangs have turned prisons into their operation centers. Currently, law enforcement agencies are attacking and capturing gang members in the streets, but there are no official statements regarding the situation inside the prisons. \\n\\nD\\xedaz and Echeverr\\xeda analyze the reactions to the violence crisis from politicians in the Americas such as US Representative Mar\\xeda Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\\xeda Corina Machado. D\\xedaz explains that even former socialist president and fugitive Rafael Correa sent a message backing the armed forces. In the same message, Correa played the victim by saying he was suffering from political persecution.\\n\\nShow notes: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/01/11/narcoterrorists-declare-war-on-ecuador-spanish/'