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Lasso announces new police commander and legal reforms

Published on January 25, 2022

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Hours after the start of the chilling escalation of violence in Guayaquil, which included 18 murders in 24 hours, President Guillermo Lasso announced the measures he will take to try to stop this new crisis of violence. His first act was to except the resignation of Tannya Varela, who was the General […]

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