The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, said that the country’s security forces thwarted an assassination attempt against him earlier this year, according to an interview with journalist Jon Lee Anderson published this Monday (18) in the American magazine The New Yorker .
The journalist states that, upon arriving at the first meeting with Noboa in Quito, the president remained silent for several minutes and, when asked how he was doing, he replied: “surviving”. He then reported that he was the target of a dozen assassins, who aimed to kill him.
According to the president’s report to the American journalist, the criminals tried to enter Ecuador through the border with Colombia, but were intercepted. Four of the would-be attackers died in a shootout with Ecuadorian security forces and those who survived were detained.
The reporter claims that a diplomat, who did not want to be identified, confirmed Noboa’s version and was surprised that the president had publicly discussed the incident. The case was described as “highly confidential”.
A CNN contacted the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense, which responded that it “neither affirms nor denies” what the president said.
At the same time, the CNN searched for a police record of a shooting that had occurred close to the dates indicated in the report, which had occurred a few days after Noboa was elected. So far, the report has not found any.
A CNN He also consulted the National Police and the investigative body to find out details of what happened. So far, the police have responded to the CNN that “the relevant coordination will be carried out with the responsible units”.
Likewise, the CNN tries to obtain a response from the Presidency and the Public Ministry of Ecuador to find out the legal situation of the men who were allegedly detained.
Noboa did not speak publicly about the thwarted plan, but reported that he received death threats, as did prosecutor Diana Salazar. “Sometimes we talk, we compare threats,” the president said in March.
Source: CNN Brasil

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