Given the recent events of the well-known drug planes, ¿Ecuador needs a law to shoot down aircraft?
Son mediátics úlast cases of those little onesñthe planes (small plane is a téconflicting term aeroáutically speaking) than landing on clandestine runways or in the Refineríto Pacíhave managed to bring or take drugs to other countriesíses, and this is not something new as we well know.
Measures have been taken to somewhat control the passage of these aircraft and other means of transportation through Ecuadorian territory., How was the arrival of the operation?ón of airplanes P-3 Orion from the United States, but the truth is that there is not much you can do when you find an airplaneón unidentified or unanswered in the space aéEcuadorian prisoner.
The Armed Forces and especially the Force AéEcuadorian area Eastá hands tied in these situations since the law does not allow or prohibitíbe que se intervenga con la fuerza a cualquiera aeronave que se encuentre volando sin autorización, flight plan, sin contacto o ilegalmente en Ecuador.
Ecuador
In our case, the país no cuenta con una Ley de Derribo de aeronaves, por lo que ninguna de las ramas de las Fuerzas Armadas puede hacer uso de la fuerza de armas para realizar derribos.
Al dífrom today, como ejemplo la Fuerza AéEcuadorian area, puede únicamente acercarse a la aeronave en cuestión e intentar por todos los medios entablar un contacto para solicitar intenciones o que la misma se desvíe hacia un aeropuerto controlado, siempre y cuando se mantenga dentro del espacio aéprisoner of Ecuador.
Si una aeronave civil ha entrado a espacio aéreo ecuatoriano bajo las condiciones establecidas por la Defensa Aérea y esta sea clasificada como intruso identificado, o intruso no identificado y hostil, se procederá as follows:
- The pilot intercept runá the procedures contained in the publicationónAIP (International interception standardsón.
- Forceá, if this is the case, to land the intercepted aircraft.
- The applicationón of interception proceduresón be carried oután through coordinatesón between the pilots of the interceptor aircraft and the OCAT of the CCC of Defense Aébad o la stación Radar in whose jurisdictionón the event occurs.
The shooting down of aircraft in Ecuadorian territory is understood, as possible, úOnly during an armed conflict or international crisis and while there is a threat to sovereigntyíto the State.
remember, that Ecuador is one of the paíyou are with the mayor civil coverage radar, reaching the 98% of the territory, but the aircraft, especially smallñas, They can bypass these controls by flying at low altitude, specialty of narcoplanes, so it is also necessaryén, higher technology military radar systemsía.
Montreal Protocol 1984
The Montreal Protocol 1984 establishes the guidelines to intercept aircraft internationally, as wellén the use of force. You can read the details hereí: https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-comparado/article/view/3039/3300
In Latinérica
In our regionóThere is a constant fight against drugsáfico and transport by vía aéArea on illegal flights has become más común, We list as examples the cases of some países.
It should be noted, that those paíthose that have a Demolition Law, before performing an actionón of strength, They must in all cases persuade and warn and subsequently make a deterrent and progressive use of force..
Argentina
Argentina recently implementedó the law for the shooting down of unidentified aircraft in its spaceéreo.
Brazil
It has a Demolition Law from the 2004, although it establishes nine procedures before the use of force.
Perú
in august 2015, Perú I returnedó to have a Demolition Law to promote anti-narco controlóticos.
Colombia
Colombia is one of the países with greater antiquityüage in this matter, having an act that allows the demolition of aircraft in its space atéconvicted since 1993.
Bolivia
The Demolition Law was approved onñO 2014 What «Space Security and Defense Law Aéreo».
Chile
The DAR Regulation 91 was approved in Chile in December 2006 as a protective measureón before civil aircraft that present a danger.
Venezuela
From the toñO 2012 has the «Control Law for the Defense of Space Aéreo» persuasionsón e inutilizationón of any aircraft that violates the aircraft regulationsáuseful.
Paraguay
It has limited radar coverage and does not have a law to shoot down unidentified aircraft., but it isá in discussionón at Government level.
Honduras
Since April 2014 It has an Aircraft Shootdown Law.
México
Maintains a Law of Shooting down unidentified and uncontacted aircraft in its spaceéreo.
Uruguay
Does not countún with a Law of Demolitions, but it is known that one will beítrying at the Government level a possible implementationón and creationón.
¿Ecuador needs a law to shoot down aircraft?
It is an open question that I leave for debate., but it all depends on the true control and brakes that you want to impose, as far as possible, to the use of Ecuador as a normal route of the famous «narcoavionetas».
Spaghettién remains in análysis the human rights or international law of the pilots of those airplanes, that many times, they do not carry out these flights under their own will, as testimonies have been known worldwide.
¿Whaté do you think?
