Two foreigners arrested on suspicion of murdering a police officer in Pasaje

Machala

Two foreigners were detained for investigations, as the National Police suspects that they would be related to the murder of Corporal Miguel Antonio Bermeo Castillo, 36, an event that occurred early Monday morning near the Drivers’ Park in the city of Pasaje, in the province of El Oro.

The first inquiries indicate that these people tried to steal the belongings of Bermeo, who would have put up resistance after the mishap with these antisocials.

After the struggle, the assailants fired about five times against Bermeo’s humanity, mainly in the chest area.

Two murders were recorded in the last hours in Machala and Pasaje

With injuries, Bermeo was taken to a health home in Machala, where his death was confirmed.

Immediately, the Police carried out an operation that produced the arrest of two foreigners, Ángel Nazareth VP, 20 years old, and Jesús RE, 21 years old, who will be investigated for the death of the gendarme, a native of Célica, in the province of Loja.

It was the second violent death in less than 24 hours recorded in the province of El Oro, because on the morning of Sunday the 18th, in the canton of Santa Rosa, a taxi driver was murdered, presumably for resisting the robbery carried out by people.

The deceased was Jasmani Javier Mendoza Bohórquez, who was abandoned in the Fausto Ramón Coronel subdivision.

For stealing his bicycle, they murder a merchant in the canton of Pasaje

Incidents with antisocials are not new in the Pasaje canton, since the previous week the vice mayor of this canton, Ana Cobos, was robbed, who along with several collaborators were robbed when they were carrying out a tour of works in the El Progreso parish.

Cobos and his team were intimidated by antisocials who threatened them with death to make them hand over their belongings. Also the previous week, the Police received the alarm of the location of an alleged explosive device near the Pasaje boardwalk. (YO)