Facultad que tiene la Armada del Ecuador en defensa del mar territorial con relación al uso legítimo de la fuerza.

Abstract

The functions of the Armed Forces in Ecuador and in contemporary societies are very extensive, since in many ways they exceed traditionality, including the notion on which their precepts have been based and that simply the comprehensive defense of the national territory, whether by sea, air or land, since at the moment in which they assume the powers of providing social security, being active tools for the optimal functioning of society. This will depend on the terms and constitutional frameworks under which society is found at the time in which the challenges of caring for national sovereignty are assumed, in Ecuador after what was experienced on January 9, 2024, the Armed Forces in the general have had to take to the streets, to protect the life and safety of the entire nation, since the civil war that has broken out between the well-known Organized Crime Groups (GDO) and civil society is imminent. Under this context, the methodology to be used is qualitative, quantitative, and legal and descriptive hermeneutics will also be used, using interviews and surveys as data collection elements, for which people who are within both social groups were contacted. It should be indicated that the results will be analyzed gradually and through the preparation of illustrative tables and charts in order to demonstrate their veracity. Regarding the proposal, it will originate from the development of an explanatory model, in which the functions, roles and other actions that may be put into practice by the Armed Forces in favor and surveillance of citizen security, all this based on what the Ecuadorian legal reality indicates.