The armed incursion registered in the Omni Hospital, at dawn on Wednesday, January 11, is the eighth episode of these characteristics that has been registered inside or in the vicinity of health centers in the country in the last 20 months.
In that hospital was Carlos K., a 35-year-old man who had been attacked last week while driving in an armored car.
A group of hitmen tried to liquidate him and confronted Carlos K’s guards. One of them died in a hospital elevator. Two of Carlos K.’s guards, a Venezuelan and a Colombian, were arrested.
The alleged custodians were armed inside the hospital, where they would have entered as relatives of Carlos K.
These are the armed episodes that have been recorded outside and inside public and private hospitals:
May 5, 2021
A woman who was hospitalized in a clinic in the north of Guayaquil was murdered by subjects who entered the sanatorium with a long firearm, around 06:00 on that Wednesday, May 5. Five citizens, including two in police uniforms, accessed the second floor of the sanatorium and inquired about a room where a citizen had been who, one day before (this Tuesday the 4th), had already been discharged. After intimidating the medical personnel, the criminals opened the door of the searched room and shot at a patient who was inside.
Shooting attack on an ambulance that was going from Guayaquil to Milagro causes three deaths and the same number of wounded
November 1, 2021
Individuals opened fire towards the façade of the Bastión Popular type C health center, in the northwest of Guayaquil. A glass door at the main entrance was totally destroyed and there was other damage to the windows. One person was injured with a shot to the head. Minutes later his death was confirmed.
April 22, 2022
An ambulance that went from the Abel Gilbert Pontón hospital, better known as Guayaquil, to a health home in Milagro, with several wounded, was attacked by antisocial gunshots. In this event, a patient, the driver and the paramedic died and three other people were injured.
August 6, 2022
An exchange of bullets between alleged hit men and personnel from the Joint Task Force was recorded outside the emergency area of the Delfina Torres South Hospital. The incident was reported around 11:00 p.m. on that Saturday the 6th, when Sandro Caicedo Castillo (45 years old) was being transferred to this health home, seriously injured. The victim was shot in the El Cóndor neighborhood, a few blocks from the Delfina Torres hospital.
Armed men entered Chone hospital and held nurses hostage
November 16, 2022
A young man died before noon on Wednesday, November 16, after receiving several bullet wounds to the head, at the entrance to the Ciudad Victoria health center, in the northwest of Guayaquil. According to witnesses, the now deceased fled from his victimizers and tried to take refuge in the medical center, but was hit by shots. Subjects began to shoot at the entrance of the health clinic, at the main door. The young man fell there and other people were also injured in the attack.
November 27, 2022
Armed criminals raided the Chone hospital and subdued nursing staff. The situation went viral in videos that began to circulate. They were looking to kill a young man who was hospitalized in that health home. After the police action, the criminals were captured and the hostages were released. The Government indicated that seven subjects were captured.
“We heard a burst of shots, they asked us not to go out”: witnesses recount the moments of panic due to an armed attack in a Guayaquil clinic
January 2, 2023
Tens of citizens and relatives of patients experienced moments of panic on the afternoon of Monday, January 2, outside the Monte Sinai hospital, in the northwest of Guayaquil, as motorized and armed anti-socials circulated along the main avenue.
January 11, 2023
A group of armed men entered the Omni Hospital to kill Carlos K. During that raid, Carlos K.’s guards confronted the hitmen. Inside the hospital, one of the alleged hitmen was shot. The Police arrested two custodians of Carlos K., who records a record for several cases. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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