"Organized crime is targeting the weakest governments to carry out its actions," warns President Peña - .::Agencia IP::.

"Organized crime is looking for the jurisdictions and the weakest governments to carry out their actions," said the President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, expressing "great concern" about the current situation in Ecuador.

Santiago Peña, President of the Republic. Photo credits: Presidency of the Republic.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- «Organized crime is looking for the jurisdictions and the weakest governments to carry out their actions,» said the President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, expressing «great concern» about the current situation in Ecuador.

«This does not happen overnight. This is a series of years of authorities and governments that decided to look to the side and think that a criminal act is not a problem, or that a criminal group that grows is not going to put a Nation at risk,» said the President during an event in which he gave recognition to agents of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad).

The recognition was for Senad agents and officials who participated in the Ignis and Dakovo operations, which dismantled criminal structures and requisitioned a significant amount of arsenal.