State Department USA issued this Wednesday a warning to all its citizens to avoid travel to Ecuador due to civil unrest as part of the country’s strong protests and organized crime.
So from the United States they have warned their citizens not to travel to the country as there are transnational crime gangs in Carchi, Sucumbios and north of Esmeraldas who are killing the locals and also doing bombings against the army and army. law enforcement agencies.
Similarly, they reminded that there are groups organized crime and gangs that operate in Guayaquilwhere violent crimes, including murders, armed robberies and assaults, have been committed in the area south of Portete de Taqui Avenue.
In this sense, the State Department indicated that it “has limited ability” to assist US citizens in these areas without permission from embassy security.
On the other hand, the State Department advised its population that ongoing demonstrations in the country “could result in the closure of local roads and major highways, often with no prior notice or estimated reopening time.”
As such, road closures also “could significantly reduce access to public transport and airports and could interrupt travel both within and between cities” in Ecuador.
On Monday night, a protester died after falling from a great height while mobilizing for a national strike, an indefinite strike called by the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE), which is adding its tenth day this Wednesday.
Government refuses to lift state of emergency
Guillermo Lasso’s government has refused to lift the state of emergency, which covers six of the country’s 24 provinces, as a demand by the indigenous movement to end the ten-day-long protests.
“We cannot lift the state of emergency because that would leave the capital defenseless and we already know what happened in October 2019 and we are not going to let that happen,” government minister Francisco Jiménez told Teleamazonas.
powerful Indigenous Confederation (Konaye), who is leading the protests, called for demonstrations in 2019 that lasted two weeks and left 11 dead and more than 1,000 injured across the country, as well as $800 million in losses. In Quito, the indigenous people then occupied the headquarters Congressset fire to Controller and caused damage to public and private property.
(According to Europa Press and AFP)
Source: RPP
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