Luis Toledo Cruces shared photos of his trips to different destinations on his social networks. As a sailor and member of the Esmeralda ship, he had also posted some of those displacements.
This Chilean, a native of the Bío Bío area, in the center of that country, was living in Guayas after making an engagement with an Ecuadorian woman. He lived in an urbanization in the La Aurora sector, in the jurisdiction of Daule, a canton neighboring Guayaquil.
He was rescued after being kidnapped for several days. His wife gave the alert last week when she couldn’t find him at her house. The kidnapping became known because the family of the sailor in Chile gave the alert. The kidnappers demanded $100,000 for his release, but later reduced the amount.
The kidnappers cut off two fingers of the Chilean sailor’s left hand
To pressure for payment, the kidnappers had sent a video of Toledo Cruces blindfolded. With two fingers cut from the left hand and with signs of torture. A kidnapping that has characteristics of Mexican gangs to intimidate families into canceling the ransom.
Chilean media indicate that the family had managed to deposit $2,000 to an account.
Over the weekend, the Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that there were two detainees in this case.
Although the case is under investigation, the hypothesis is being considered that the acquisition of the house was a reason for the kidnappers to have chosen him as a victim.
“Do everything possible to find my son,” asks the mother of a Chilean sailor allegedly kidnapped in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian Police presumes that he had some kind of approach with an individual who thought he had a high economic situation.
The sailor’s family in Chile indicated that they did not have a strong economic solvency to cover the $100,000 ransom.
To come to Ecuador and join his partner, Toledo had requested a two-year unpaid leave from the Chilean Navy, which is why he is still part of its ranks. The entity became involved in this process and expressed its concern about what happened to the sailor.
After the rescue, Toledo was taken to a health home for an assessment of the damage caused.
The Ecuadorian Police have recognized that the captors acted violently by amputating two fingers.
From Chile, Toledo’s mother told meganews that your son is fine. “Thank God, my son is fine, they rescued him and only that. Thank the Chilean Police, everyone who was involved, you, our family, everyone.”
For the safety of their son, the family has chosen not to provide further details of the ransom and those captured in this case. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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