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Ecuador decrees State of Exception to combat drug trafficking

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Monday (18) declared a state of exception throughout the country in the face of rising crime rates due to drug trafficking and ordered the mobilization of police and military in the streets.

"From now on, our armed forces and police will take to the streets in force, because we are decreeing a state of exception over the entire national territory," the president said in a speech broadcast by state broadcaster EcuadorTV.

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