06SEP24 #ECUADOR "The National Secretariat for Risk Management reported that seven forest fires are still active in different provinces of Ecuador until 12:00 this Friday in the midst of the dry season and high temperatures.
The agency's report states that all these fires are concentrated in the Sierra, in the provinces of Pichincha (three) and Azuay (one), while Chimborazo, Imbabura and Cañar each recorded one.
The longest-lasting forest fire so far is located on Cerro el Chispo, in the parish of La Merced de Buenos Aires, in Urcuquí (Imbabura).
It started on August 28 and has so far consumed 600 hectares of vegetation. Another fire began on September 1 in the Caluvín sector of the Sibambe parish in Alausí Canton (Chimborazo) and has affected 200 hectares.
(COE) The Emergency Operations Committee of the town will meet to adopt resolutions. In the case of Pichincha, the largest fires are concentrated in the area of Nayón and Pifo, in the northeast of Quito. According to preliminary reports, in less than 48 hours they consumed more than 500 hectares of dry vegetation.
Meanwhile, eight fires have already been brought under control, the most serious of which occurred in Loja where close to 10,000 hectares were burned:
in the San Antonio de las Aradas sector, in Quilanga Canton, 6,295 hectares were razed; and another 3,352 hectares in the Quinara parish of the provincial capital.
In the Nabón canton of Azuay, a new forest fire broke out yesterday in an area other than the Santa Rosa sector, where 522 hectares were lost."
🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻♂️💰
My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course,
now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this:
plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams,
a 9mm Taurus for say $1200.
a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ
i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process!
'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA,
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of ...
01JUL25 - SOUTHCOM’s TMPI: Towards Integrated Deterrence in the Americas by Building Maintenance Capacity- #ECUADOR - "Analyzing Ecuador’s foreign policy trajectory over the past two decades is pertinent to illuminating the region’s evolving political and security landscape. During President Rafael Correa’s administration between 2007 and 2017, Ecuador pivoted by severing its military relations with the US.
This comprehensive shift included ordering the closure of the security cooperation office in the US Embassy and honoring but not renewing the lease term for the Manta Air Base, causing the withdrawal of approximately 300 US military personnel stationed there.
However, this period of strained relations was followed by the re-establishment of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) in 2018, signaling a potential shift that ultimately materialized with new military cooperation agreements signed with the US in 2023 under President Lasso and ratified in 2024 by President Daniel Noboa. ...
25JUN25 "Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced this Thursday the capture of Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias "Fito ," considered the leader of the Los Choneros organized crime group.
"For those who opposed and doubted the need for the Solidarity and Intelligence laws : thanks to those laws, Fito was captured today and is in the hands of the Security Bloc," the president posted on the social network X.
"We have done our part to proceed with Fito's extradition to the United States , and we await your response. Have a good afternoon, Ecuador," Noboa added.
The criminal leader had been on the run for over a year and a half , after escaping from the Guayaquil Regional Prison and hiding his tracks while the country was engulfed in a spiral of violence, culminating in the brief takeover of a television station.
'Fito,' who was serving a 34-year sentence for organized crime, drug trafficking, and murder , escaped on January 7, 2024, as he was about to be transferred to La Roca, a ...
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