Análisis de la tenencia y porte ilegal de armas en el sector agrícola como alternativa de seguridad ciudadana.

Abstract

One of the primary duties of the State is to guarantee all those rights that are found in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador and international instruments; in this way, in our country, each citizen's social security must be guaranteed. The Integral Organic Penal Code in force in our country typifies possessing carrying weapons as a crime. It is detailed that its tenure is penalized with a prison sentence of six months to one year. On the other hand, weapons carrying is sanctioned with a prison sentence of three to five years; however, there is a law that authorizes cattle and shrimp farmers to carry and possess them, subject to the approval of the permit granted by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces. The research aims to analyze the illegal possession and carrying of weapons in the agricultural sector as an alternative to citizen security in Ecuador and Latin American countries. An adequate methodology was implemented that permitted knowing the agricultural sector’s vulnerability concerning citizen security, for which 361 out of 5 732 farmers from different sectors of the El Triunfo canton, which belongs to the province of Guayas, were surveyed, which are a fundamental piece for the research work study.