The President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, lamented the death of Santiago Loza Moscoso, director of the El Inca prison, who was assassinated in a hit-and-run style on Thursday morning.
The president spoke about the case during an event of the Armed Forces, in Tulcán (Carchi). He said that there are already indications about who would be behind the crime.
The director of the El Inca prison in Quito is assassinated, where a few days ago there were riots
“Today an unfortunate event happened. They murdered a colonel in passive service who was acting as director of the CPPL of El Inca, in Quito. That death will not remain anonymous! As soon as I get to Quito I will visit his family and let it be clear: We already have the clues of who is responsible and we will take him to justice to pay for his crime”, Lasso announced without elaborating.
The prison warden was killed in the Gualo sector, on Simón Bolívar avenue, in the north of Quito, while going to work. Unknown persons aboard a motorcycle killed Lazo with several shots.
The Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation to clarify the fact and find the perpetrators of the crime.
Who was Santiago Loza, the murdered director of the El Inca prison and who had only been in office for 3 weeks
For his part, Guillermo Rodríguez, general director of the National Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), rejected the murder and assured that will not go unpunished.
The General Commander of the National Police, Fausto Salinas, also expressed his condolences to Lazo’s family and friends and indicated that the Police will find those responsible.
“This will not go unpunished and the message will be forceful from us, from the State,” says the director of SNAI after the murder of a prison official
Santiago Loza Moscoso was in charge of the direction of the El Inca prison since November 9, replacing Carlos Jaramillo, after the massacre that occurred two days before in that center that caused the death of five prisoners.
During Loza’s administration, on November 18, there were new violent incidents inside the prison, in which 10 inmates died.
Those confrontations were retaliation for the transfer of Jonathan Bermúdez, a leader of the Los Lobos gang. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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