Ecuador is battling to gain control of areas hit by a wave of violent crime that authorities blame on turf battles between drug gangs
President Guillermo Lasso added that the state of emergency included a nightly curfew from 1 am to 5 am in the affected areas.
The decree permits security forces to set up checkpoints and conduct warrantless searches of people and property. Lasso added that the state of emergency included a nightly curfew from 1 am to 5 am in the affected areas.Last year, Lasso declared similar temporary states of emergency three times for Guayaquil, which has faced a sharp spike in organised-crime-related killings."We have a common enemy: delinquency, drug trafficking and organised crime," said Lasso, a right-wing former banker who took office nearly two years ago.
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