Ecuador's President Noboa handily wins security-focused referendum


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  • Monday, 22 Apr 2024

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa attends an inauguration ceremony for a referendum that asks voters to support mostly security-related questions to fight rising violence, in Quito, Ecuador April 21, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has won significant voter support for a raft of security measures he says will help him fight sharply increased crime, a quick vote tally by the national electoral council showed on Sunday.

The successful measures - including joint police-military patrols, the extradition of wanted criminals and longer sentences for terrorism and murder, among other crimes - are intended to battle spiking violence that has made international headlines.

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