The President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa acknowledged on Tuesday to transfer drugs and gangs through his country, weapons and other illicit goods worth $ 30, which is about a quarter of her gross social product (GDP).
Noboa has made shocking data during the state television interview in an attempt to highlight the severity of the security crisis in the once peaceful country.
“It’s a lot of money, a lot of money,” said the 37-year-old billionaire that dealt with bananas.
The huge value of illegal trade is 24 percent of Ecuador GDP or net profit in 2023. American online giant Amazon – one of the world’s largest companies.
Narcobos are fighting for control over cocaine smuggling routes from neighboring Columbia and Peru, through Ecuador ports, on markets in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Noboi Aheads a difficult second round of presidential elections in April, where he faces a strong opponent from the left, and where voters should be presented by his judgment about his approach to “Iron Fist”.
Noboa and his rivalka Luisa Gonzalezs were practically equated in the first round earlier this month, but Noboa experienced a great defeat in the coastal areas affected by violence.
By declaring the state of emergency and deployment of the army in prisons and on the streets to suppress gangs, Noboa managed to knock down the high rate of murders last year.
However, at the beginning of this year, there was another jump of violence and growing population dissatisfaction with the situation in the economy.
The tens of people were killed during the weekend in the largest city in the country, Guayakil.
On Friday, the killers slammed Colonel Special Forces fighting cartel.
Faced with a new wave of violence, Noboa has laughed at the interior minister.
(Vijesti.ba)
