In a surprising victory in the presidential elections held this Sunday, millionaire businessman Daniel Noboa became the youngest president in the history of Ecuador at 35 years old. Ecuador, a country affected by drug trafficking violence, saw Noboa win the runoff with 52 % support, defeating Luisa González, who obtained 48 % of the votes and was supported by former socialist president Rafael Correa (2007-2017). ).

Noboa’s victory was greeted with enthusiasm by Ecuadorians, who celebrated in the streets of Quito with fireworks and car horns. This election represents one of the biggest setbacks for the Correísta movement, which has lost for the second consecutive time in a presidential election after years of popularity.

“Tomorrow we begin to work for this new Ecuador, to rebuild a country that has been seriously hit by violence, corruption and hatred,” declared the president-elect from his residence in Olón, located in the southwest of the country.

Despite being a newcomer to politics until a few months ago, Noboa promised to strive to “restore peace” to the country.

Luisa González accepted his defeat and congratulated the new president, who won the support of right-wing forces, despite defining himself as center-left.

Although election day passed without serious incidents, both Noboa and González voted wearing bulletproof vests and were surrounded by armed guards. The main concern of both candidates and the population in general is to end the growing violence in Ecuador, a country of 16.9 million inhabitants.

In recent years, Ecuador has become a center of operations for drug cartels with international connections, resulting in a reign of terror and thousands of fatalities.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed Noboa’s victory and reported a participation of 82.33 % of the 13.4 million Ecuadorians called to vote in this mandatory election.

To guarantee security, approximately 100,000 military and police were deployed throughout the country during the electoral process.

K. Tovar

Source: Bancaynegocios

(Referential image source: @DanielNoboaOk/X)

Visit our news channel on Google News and follow us to get accurate, interesting information and stay up to date with everything. You can also see our daily content on Twitter and Instagram

La entrada Daniel Noboa won the presidential election in Ecuador apareció primero en Bitfinance.

Agents of the National Police, in a joint operation with the Civil Guard, have arrested in Seville seven residents accused of belonging to a criminal group of drug traffickers who laundered their profits through cryptocurrencies.

As reported by the Police in a statement, they are accused as alleged perpetrators of a crime of belonging to a criminal organization, against public health, illegal possession of weapons of war and money laundering.

Regarding the operation, it began at the beginning of last year when investigators became aware of a large-scale drug trafficking network that supplied cocaine to other drug traffickers in the city of Seville.

The operation, called Grande-Tragadera, has involved the dismantling of a drug trafficking network that used, in turn, a network of companies dedicated to the sale of vehicles, workshops and other companies to launder the money obtained from said traffic. In addition, the income was used for the investment of capital in cryptocurrencies.

The National Police and the Civil Guard have carried out the operation in three different phases, in which more than 20 high-end vehicles, two motorcycles, more than 200,000 euros in cash and approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine were seized. On the other hand, car companies have been sealed and fiat and cryptocurrency accounts have been blocked.

The detainees have gone to judicial disposition of the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Alcalá de Guadaíra, ruling admission to prison for the carrier of the organization and the other detainees released with charges. The investigation is still open to locate the whereabouts of the leader of the criminal network.

Source: dpa

La entrada Dismantled in Seville group of traffickers who laundered profits with cryptocurrencies apareció primero en Bitfinance.