Ecuador Makes 2025-2029 Security Plan Mandatory Public Policy

Ecuador has elevated its 2025-2029 National Security Plan into mandatory public policy nationwide.

President Daniel Noboa revealed the plan on July 14, 2026 through Executive Decree 448. The document uses the frameworks of integral security and multidimensional security, with the stated goal of recovering territorial control and strengthening public safety.

What The Plan Names

The plan identifies several major risks and threats, including:

• Transnational organized crime and narcotrafficking
• Illegal mining and money laundering
• Corruption and cyberattacks
• Irregular migration used by criminal networks
• Terrorism and violent extremism
• Natural disasters and environmental risks
• Loss of public trust in state institutions

The document is reported at 201 pages, although part of that total includes visual material, large-format design pages, and pages with limited text.

Who Is Involved

Execution falls within the powers of several public entities, including the Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry, Foreign Ministry, National Intelligence Center, risk-management authorities, local governments, and other linked public bodies.

What This Means For Expats

For foreign residents, this is not a day-to-day rule change. It is a signal about where the government says it will focus security coordination through 2029: organized crime, prisons, ports, borders, intelligence, cyber risk, and state presence in vulnerable areas.

The useful thing to watch is whether this becomes visible in actual policing, local safety conditions, port controls, and institutional response times rather than only in planning language.