National Police of Ecuador
National Police of Ecuador Policía Nacional del Ecuador | |
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Agency overview | |
Formed | 14 July, 1884 |
Employees | 46,727 (2021) [1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Ecuador |
Operations jurisdiction | Ecuador |
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Operational structure | |
Agency executive |
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Website | |
https://www.policia.gob.ec/ |
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The National Police of Ecuador (
Controversies
Human rights
The United States Country Reports on Human Rights Practices has consistently identified major human rights abuses by Ecuadorian security forces, including: isolated unlawful killings and use of excessive force by security forces, sometimes with impunity, poor prison conditions, arbitrary arrest and detention, corruption and other abuses by security forces, a high number of pretrial detainees, and corruption and denial of due process within the judicial system.[2] Members of the National Police have been accused of murder, attempted murder, rape, extortion, kidnappings, and alien smuggling.[3]
Corruption
In a 2009 diplomatic cable from the United States diplomatic cables leak in April 2011, U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges said that "corruption among Ecuadorian National Police officers is widespread and well-known" and that "U.S. investors are reluctant to risk their resources in Ecuador knowing that they could be targeted by corrupt law enforcement officials."[4][5] The leaked cable resulted in a major diplomatic spat, resulting in the expulsion of U.S. Ambassador Hodges from Ecuador and the reciprocal expulsion of Ecuadorian Ambassador Luis Gallegos from the U.S.[6][7]
See also
- 2010 Ecuador crisis
- Crime in Ecuador
References
- ^ "Literal b2) Distributivo del Personal" (PDF). www.policia.gob.ec (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- ^ 2006 Human Rights Report on Ecuador, [United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices]
- ^ Aznárez, Juan Jesús (4 April 2011). "La corrupción policial en Ecuador es generalizada" [Police corruption in Ecuador is widespread]. El País (in Spanish).
- ^ "09QUITO572 Cable sobre la corrupción" [Cable on corruption]. [El País]. 4 April 2011.
- ^ Gollust, David (7 April 2011). "US Expels Ecuadorian Envoy in WikiLeaks Affair". Voice of America.
- ^ Lee, Matthew (7 April 2011). "US expels Ecuadorean ambassador". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press.