At 2nd Inauguration, Noboa Vows To 'Save' Ecuador From Gangs

Source: International Business Times

Ecuador's re-elected President Daniel Noboa (C) and his wife, First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi (L), receive honors upon their entrance to the Carondelet Palace after his inauguration at the National Assembly in Quito on May 24, 2025 AFP Daniel Noboa was sworn in Saturday for a second term as Ecuadoran president, promising to "save" his South American country from narco-traffickers allied with foreign criminal gangs. The 37-year-old leader, speaking after his installation ceremony at the National Assembly in capital Quito, promised a "direct confrontation with organized criminal structures. ""There will be no truce against crime," he vowed.