President Daniel Noboa has lashed out at those who have pointed out alleged human rights violations in the fight against organized crime organizations, which the government has identified as terrorists, during a visit to the Security Block in Manabí, this February 15, 2024.
Noboa thanked the Armed Forces and National Police by operations executed during the state of emergency y internal armed conflict upon arrival at the Eloy Alfaro airport in Manta.
“The results that the security block has had in these almost 40 days of state of emergency are a clear example of the sacrifice and the commitment that you have with the country and with the citizens,” he said.
And he added that “the terrorists“They have encountered a government that is not willing to bow down.” “And “No antipatriarch comes to tell us that we are violating the rights of anyone, when we are protecting the rights of the vast majority.”
Noboa made these statements after a constitutional judge will grant a habeas corpus requested by the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights which alleges that the Armed Forces would have affected the rights of prisoners in prisons of Ecuador during the internal armed conflict.
Judge issued an order directed to the Ecuadorian Ombudsman to investigate complaints of alleged acts of torture by the military in several prisons in the country.
In the last week, the death of two citizens has also been reported in circumstances that have not yet been clarified.
On February 2, in Guayaquil, a 19-year-old boy, Carlos Javier Vega, died as a result of gunshots while he was in a car on Domingo Comín Avenue, south of Guayaquil.. The military said that Vega along with a cousin, Eduardo Velásquez, attacked a checkpoint. Relatives say they were just passing by the place and accidentally crashed a police car. That the boys were unarmed.
While on January 14, a 36-year-old man, Jonathan Laaz was taken from his home in Durán by soldiers who raided several homes in the El Arbolito neighborhood. Laaz was found two days later in a morgue. His death certificate attests that he was beaten to death.
During the event in Manabí, Jaime Vela, head of the Joint Command, also stated that the actions of the police and military They have managed to “considerably lower crime rates.”
From January 9 to February 15, the uniformed They arrested 8,080 people, 241 for alleged terrorism. Besides, 2,405 firearms They were seized, as were 1,236 feeders and 3,422 knives.
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