The province has experienced intense days. More than 80 violent deaths are recorded so far in 2022.
Of the almost 80 violent deaths recorded in Guayas, 72 have occurred in Guayaquil. 18 deaths in one week, and seven deaths in less than 12 hours.
The governor of the province of Guayas, Pablo Arosemena, has indicated that they have detected that the events “They have to do with drug micro-trafficking.”
In addition, he stated during an interview with Teleamazonas, that there is a police shortage.
“According to the international indicator, four police officers are required for every 1,000 inhabitants. Ecuador has 2.7. It is the equivalent of having two holes in a cork. You cover one, another is uncovered. We need to have more police officers,” said Pablo Arosemena.
‘Avengers on the pitch’
Faced with the wave of insecurity, social networks have revived an interview from four months ago, in which the Governor of Guayas was consulted, in the digital medium La Posta, about what is needed to improve security, Arosemena made a simile with a football match and said that it requires a ‘offensive trident’.
He stated that he would put “the avengers (movie superheroes) on the court who have law enforcement.”
“We have justice and we have the authorities. All speak the same language, all point to the same north and have the stopwatch started, “said the Governor. (AVV)
