The presentation of the Plan to Strengthen Citizen Security for Guayaquil was held this afternoon at the Playita del Guasmo. In the event, President Guillermo Lasso delivered boats to take care of the estuary, which leads to the open sea outlet, where different ports of the city are located.
He also pointed out that in the coming months, the police will be further strengthened, with logistical and economic resources that will require close to USD 1,200 million.
“Our Government will do everything necessary to be able to comply with this strengthening plan that demands close to 1,200 million dollars, during the next three years of my Government. We will be here to support that plan, which strengthens the National Police by at least 30,000 additional troops, to the 50,000 that we have today throughout Ecuador.”
At the presentation of the plan, different national authorities and members of the high command of the National Police were present.
The president indicated that 5 leaders of criminal organizations were arrested and transferred to La Roca prison in Guayaquil in the Turi prison.
Also, he stressed the inmates who cause disturbances will be transferred to this maximum security prison, to serve their sentences, “under security measures that have not been seen in Ecuador so far.”
President Lasso also pointed out that between January 2022 and April 4 of the same year, 4,037 thugs have been arrested. More than 800 firearms and 34 tons of drugs were seized. However, he pointed out that the support of the National Assembly is required. In the legislature, he said, the security project presented months ago is still sleeping.
“CITIZEN SAFETY IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY”.
The president also indicated that it is not enough to seize drugs, but to arrest the criminals of the mafias. “We have to take them to The Rock,” he said. And he added that, unlike the last two governments, his “does not agree with the mafias.”
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