Ecuador state of emergency: Navy patrols waterways to combat criminal organizations

Ecuador’s armed forces have taken patrolling the country’s waterways as part of their efforts to combat criminal organizations. In the Gulf of Guayaquil, navy officers looked over the commercial vessels and fishermen navigating near the ports on Tuesday. The operations provide authorities an opportunity to prevent drugs or illegal substances from being loaded into the vessels headed to Europe, an unidentified navy officer said. After a wave of violence that struck the South American country, President Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency last week, including a nighttime curfew, and designated 22 criminal groups as terrorists. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10214248/ecuador-tv-station-violence/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #ecudor #stateofemergency