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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of ‘internal armed conflict’ and ordered the army to carry out military operations against the country's powerful drug gangs, in downtown Quito on January 9, 2024. — AFP pic
BEIJING, Jan 10 — China’s embassy and all its consulates in Ecuador will halt services to the public today, it said in a statement, as the country exploded in what President Daniel Noboa called an “internal armed conflict”.
“The reopening to the public will be announced in due course,” the embassy said in a press release in Spanish shared on social media site WeChat.
Ecuador’s president gave orders yesterday to “neutralise” criminal gangs after gunmen opened fire in a TV studio and bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the violence-riddled country.
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Eight people were killed and three were wounded in attacks in the port city of Guayaquil, and two officers were “viciously murdered by armed criminals” in the nearby town of Nobol, police said yesterday evening.
Long a peaceful haven sandwiched between top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has seen violence explode in recent years as rival gangs with links to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control.
After the prison escape of Jose Adolfo Macias, aka “Fito” — leader of Ecuador’s biggest gang Los Choneros — Noboa on Monday declared a countrywide state of emergency and nighttime curfew.
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Today, Beijing said it was “closely following the changing security situation” in the country.
“The Foreign Ministry has instructed its embassy and consulates in Ecuador to immediately launch emergency response mechanisms for consular protection,” spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
“We are currently verifying the security situation for Chinese citizens and institutions in Ecuador, and issuing alerts on security precautions through multiple channels,” she said.
China, she added, “supports the government of Ecuador in its efforts to safeguard social stability and hopes that Ecuador will soon restore normal order”. — AFP
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