Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso announced Monday evening October 18 that he had declared a state of emergency for the entire country due to a wave of violence due to drug trafficking, ordering the mobilization in the streets of police and soldiers .
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"From now on, our armed forces and our police will be massively mobilized in the streets because we are declaring a state of emergency throughout the country
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said the Head of State in an address broadcast by the public channel EcuadorTV.
