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04 de Octubre, 2010 · General

In Ecuador coup

Soldiers fought gun battles with insurgents that police withheld the Ecuadorian president maintained a hospital in Quito. Lucio Gutierrez accused of promoting unrest.

Lucio Gutiérrez called for the dissolution of Parliament Ecuador
Protected by a long line of troops armed with shields, helmets and firearms, Rafael Correa left the medical center in a wheelchair because he had just been operated on one leg, to a vehicle convoy that took him directly to the Palacio de Carondelet , the seat of the Executive.

There immediately appeared on the balcony, where they waited for some ministers, and harangued the hundreds of supporters gathered in the Plaza Grande and waving flags of Ecuador.

He noted that to "liberate Ecuador have fallen brothers. Is a profoundly sad day I never thought it would get in my government that only seeks the good life."

He thanked the supporters who came to "rescue" the hospital and that he said were met with "pepper spray, tear gas, stones, allegedly by rebel officers.

"In this there were people of Lucio Gutiérrez, the president said, referring to who was president of Ecuador January 2003 to April 2005.

Gutierrez denied any involvement in the uprising speaking from Brasilia. "The only responsible for the chaos that we have currently in Ecuador is the Government abuse, corrupt, arrogant, Rafael Correa," said the former president.

The prosecutor of Ecuador, Washington Pesántez, stressed after the liberation of Correa to investigate "the conspiracy from outside the government headquarters" that led to the uprising.

The Ecuadorian president was removed from the hospital after a shooting over a half hour and after a tense day in which his supporters clashed with police with stones that had him surrounded, unable to penetrate the fence.

"Attacks against Correa's life"

The car she was rescued Correa has four "rifle impacts," the public agency Andes, which ensures that "wanted to be life threatening" head of state.

"The Nissan Patrol which was taken the President, Rafael Correa, after being rescued by members of the Special Operations Group (GEO) of the National Police and Army Ground Forces of Ecuador, registering four impacts gun ", published on its website Andes.

He adds that there are three impacts on the body and one on the windshield, "just on the side where he was the president."

In the riots in Quito, Guayaquil and other cities during this Thursday was apparently dead, according to the Government, which has said it has not confirmed the information.

Correa said after his release that "never gave in" and agreed to "negotiate anything under pressure," and noted that there will be no impunity.

Indicated that the Regiment Quito, where he went to speak to the police rebels, he felt "like a stab in the back" to see the situation as, in its discretion, no government has served both the police as his own.

Five injured

Five soldiers were injured during the rescue operation of the head of state.

This was stated by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces in a statement that says that "elite units of the Armed Forces rescue the President and take him to Carondelet."

"There are five bullet wounds in the Armed Forces who are serving in the military hospital," the statement said without specifying the state found.

The paper ends with the warrant of the Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, General Ernesto González, "national police to maintain sanity and abandon its attitude."

At least two people were injured outside the hospital, where the soldiers came to evacuate civilians after rescuing the president.

Before the shooting started, groups of soldiers who had steered clear of the area, came in trucks to the National Police Hospital and immediately began exchanging gunfire.

Correa was on the third floor, where he had held all day, which killed at least one person in the middle of the riots, according to the Government.

With him was an allocation of Special Operations Group (GOE), a police force that remained loyal to the Executive.

The attack came after failed negotiations with the rebels to disperse from a strap that held the Government throughout the day, said Defense Minister Javier Ponce.

The minister said the government had no intention of yielding to the demands of the police, protesting against a wage reduction of benefits contained in a bill.

The Executive declared a state of emergency throughout the country and forced the private television and radio public broadcast signal for most of the day.

This was announced by Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh, noting general has been appointed to replace Patrick Franco Freddy Martinez in the office of commanding general of Police.

At a news conference, said the senior official in the clashes on Thursday killed a policeman, a soldier and a civilian.

However, the foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said that there may be more dead.

"I understand that there are about 27 injured and it appears that there were four dead, which is very regrettable," Patil told reporters after meeting with Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza.

Jalkh, who did not provide the identity of another soldier died, said they have reports of a possible second death in the police ranks, "we hope not confirm that," he said.

So far the Government has only confirmed the death of Police Intervention and Rescue Group (GIR) Froilan Jiménez and Juan Pablo Bolaños college student.

Correa, "totally, deeply moved by these facts, has decreed three days of national mourning, that this will lead us all to reflect these facts can not happen again," said the minister, noting that the case "will not be with impunity. "

At the hearing before the press, in which no questions were allowed, Franco, the new police chief, asked the people to "trust" in the police, a requirement that repeated Jalkh, who said he starred in the revolt "a handful of foolish, insane, who acted violently. "

Said that during that day was lived "dark hour" in the police force, which will be cleansing "fairly" and not "purges and acts of persecution."

In recounting the events of Thursday when the head of state was trapped in a hospital after the police protest troop Jalkh noted that the demonstrations had "infiltrated" clothed police who manipulated people.

He reiterated that the integrity of the head of state was in danger so they devised mechanisms to rescue him.

To Jalkh, people who came to support a belt outside the hospital or its vicinity, were brutally beaten back by a "group of crazy people who used the weapons" to be used to protect the people.

Confirmed that the order in which evacuated Correa "was repeatedly struck with rifle fire," which, in its discretion, the survey shows that it was not reinvindicaciones or wage increases.

"Attempted murder?

On the other hand, the Pichincha District Attorney, Marco Freire, said authorities will investigate whether what happened on Thursday was an attempted "assassination" against Ecuador's President Rafael Correa.

Freire explained, this hypothesis is confirmed or discarded after appropriate investigations.

Freire told reporters that Correa's life "was in danger" and therefore are investigating whether this was intentional.

Authorities on Friday toured the scene occurred on Thursday, as a result of the insurgency police, in order to collect the items "to help clarify" what had happened.

According to Freire, in proven attempt to assassinate the president, those responsible will be punished by imprisonment of up to 12 years in prison, according to the Penal Code.

The prosecutor added that the report be submitted in the coming weeks, after completion of the investigation in which forensic personnel will also participate.

"The experts will provide information on whether there was an attempt to assassinate the president or not," said Freire.

To reconstruct the facts, the authorities expect the results of the autopsies of the two people killed in the fighting and also collected the testimonies of those who were injured.

It also requested the videos to the media to identify the soldiers who participated in the fighting and attacked the head of state.

Freire said that during the research will also identify "the possible masterminds" of the uprising.

Changes in the direction of the Police

Gen. Freddy Martinez, until Friday Ecuadorian police commander resigned after violent riots on Thursday. The senior officer told a press conference in the riots suspected infiltrators were external.

"Yesterday (Thursday) was a day unfortunate, critical, chaotic. There was mess everywhere, they disrespected the commanding general, Interior Minister, and last but not least, the President of the Republic. The police, who are called to maintain order and public peace, provoke disorder, "he said.

With the president "safe" in Cadondelet Palace, seat of the executive, "is the right time" to resign, the official said.

"I regret that the president's departure as a result police were killed, wounded, possibly will also military who are wounded," he said without giving figures.

"A commander disrespected, abused, assaulted by their subordinates can not stay in front of them," he said, while defending the right of police to submit their claims, but acknowledged that "wrong way."

"I'm afraid that possibly there was infiltration of people interested in destabilizing the police," he said to refer to people that hid their faces covered "anonymous, as do people who are outside the law." "I presume they were not policemen."

Government takes action

Immediately after his release, Correa said "a deep cleansing of the National Police," adding that "there will be no forgiveness or forgetting" to what he called "a coup attempt."

The Prosecutor's Office, Washington Pesantez said, meanwhile, will investigate "the conspiracy from outside the government headquarters" that led to the uprising.

"It was not a legitimate wage claim, but a clear example of conspiracy," Correa said in a press conference after being released by the military hospital where he remained for most of yesterday detained by police revolt that protesting against a bill that reduces wage benefits.

According to Correa, when she tried to explain that they raised the salaries "as never before, the troops told him" no, that did Lucio (Gutierrez), knowing well then who was in this conspiracy. "

The president also noted that rebellious people who entered Thursday in Ecuador TV facilities, a public channel, with the aim of interrupting the broadcasts were "well known close to Gutierrez."

Speaking in Brasilia, Lucio Gutierrez denied that had anything to do with the rebellion and charged the head of state of crisis.

For his part, Fausto Andino MP complained that hooded Luper was abducted at gunpoint on Thursday and beat him while he rebuked because they belong to the party of Gutiérrez.