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What Is Behind the Murders of Transit Officials in Ecuador?
What Is Behind the Murders of Transit Officials in Ecuador? A recent wave of violence against traffic authorities in Ecuador exposes the importance of these entities for criminal groups looking to deepen their control over the country’s streets. In the early morning of June 15, three individuals attacked two traffic officers in the southern coastal city of Machala, injuring one and killing the other. A few days earlier, on June 6, hitmen murdere…
About a hundred police officers participated on the morning of Monday, July 7, in an intervention operation at the offices of the Durán Transit Agency (ATD).
The National Police of Ecuador reported on Monday that it immediately assumed the transit powers in the Durán canton, after detecting irregularities in the Durán Transit Agency (ATD). The measure is implemented in compliance with the Ministerial Agreement MTOP-25-19-ACU. The intervention, according to the official communiqué, takes place in three phases: Diagnosis and inter-institutional coordination, to evaluate the operational, administrative …
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