Supposed rehabilitation center closed in northern Quito

In a joint operation between the Metropolitan Control Agency (AMC), the National Police and the Agency for Quality Assurance of Prepaid Health and Medicine Services (Acess) a supposed addiction rehabilitation centre operating in the area of Catzuquí de Velasco, in northern Quito, was closed.

In Catzuquí de Velasco they closed a rehabilitation center that was in unhealthy and overcrowded conditions. Cocaine and marijuana were found

A patrol in La Roldós, northwestern Quito, allowed the discovery of a clandestine rehabilitation center operating in Catzuquí de Velasco on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The entry Rescue 28 adults and three minors in a clandestine rehabilitation center in Quito was first published in Teleamazonas.

An operation in Quito closed an illegal rehabilitation center in Catzuquí de Velasco, revealing drugs, overcrowding and ill-treatment of 27 adults and three minors.

The Municipality of Quito reported on Thursday, March 27, that the Metropolitan Control Agency (AMC) closed a clandestine rehabilitation center that operated in Catzquí de Velasco, north of Quito. For this operation, the AMC was assisted by the Quality Assurance Agency of the Prepaid Health and Medicine Services (ACESS), who carried out the site inspection and found 28 adults and three minors inside who claimed to be patients in treatment for al…