Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón reach 1,000 kills. Secretary of State Holguín reported that Laura Richardson, head of the United States Southern Command, witnessed a security strategy presentation in Ecuador.

It zone 8which includes Guayaquil, Duran and Samborondonarrive at 1,000 violent deaths. Therefore Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguin highlight the progress made in international cooperation United States, Israel and United Kingdom.

“It International cooperation It’s been a few months since it was accepted. Yesterday we presented at the Joint Command a strategy for security and peace”, he said in Ecuavisa.

This is a strategy that cooperates with Police and TNIas part of the agreement between Ecuador and the United States at the Americas Summit in Los Angeles.

According to Holguín, the visit of Laura Richardson, head of the United States Southern Command, was part of the planning of this plan.

The foreign minister reported that this Friday, an international delegation will travel to Coca, Orellana province, to continue strengthening the strategy.

He explained that the international cooperation was detailed in terms of technical and future military equipment support, in the first stage.

“We are looking for strategies that allow us to have coordinated and supportive work against criminal structures,” he said.

Holguín cites two distinguishing elements of today’s international cooperation: capacity and cooperation.

“The Armed Forces and Polri have a very large dismantling process and it requires a lot of financing, billions of dollars, to have a capacity similar to this criminal structure,” he explained.

According to the minister, Richardson was highlighted in meeting with President Guillermo Lassojoint work between the Police and the Armed Forces, a proposal developed by Israel and Britain.