Four dead and wounded by rifle and grenade attack at the place where a wake was held, in Quevedo

Quevedo, THE RIVERS

Tania Salvatierra Saltos, 34 years old; Manuel Inga Macías, 28; Ana Barco Cárcamo, 57 years old; and a person who has not yet been identified are the mortal victims of the armed attack that occurred at dawn this Saturday, November 6, in the Playa Grande sector of the Nicolás Infante Díaz de Quevedo parish, Los Ríos province.

According to the police report, four other people were seriously injured and are in the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús hospital in the city.

The report details that about 12 subjects attacked with firearms and even threw lemon-type hand grenades at those present at the wake of Xavier Goya, who was murdered last Thursday when he was working on a construction site that runs the municipality of Quevedo, on Walter Andrade avenue.

Uncontrolled violence in Quevedo; this Monday they murdered a subject and wounded two people, including a minor

In addition to the fatalities and injuries from this armed attack, several homes located between Las Acacias and Novena streets of the parish suffered damage to their structures.

The Police went to the site and collected the respective information. So far, Criminalistics agents have collected about 100 ballistic evidence.

And at the same time they identified that the firearms used for the attack are apparently rifle type, 7.62 caliber, and 5.56 caliber 2.23 and 9 mm casings.

Likewise, they reported that the subjects were mobilized in three vehicles, type vans and that they fled to the Buena Fe canton, reported the commander of the Los Ríos Subzone, William Martínez.

The corpses of the victims remain in the city morgue, as far as their relatives arrived to remove them, who are direct and indirect relatives of the man who was veiled.

Several of the injured were also reported to have criminal records.

The Police reported that an operation was set up to find the whereabouts of the criminals, as well as control the entry and exit of the city, and the Aeropolice patrol also joined the action.

“People must collaborate with information, but the Prosecutor’s Office must also be asked what is being done regarding the sanctions of the suspects caught in flagrante delicto, since some have regained their freedom and the violent acts do not stop,” said the chief. of Subzone 12.

Six people were killed in less than 24 hours in Quevedo

The attack was recorded on the cameras installed in that sector, where it was evidenced that it was a shooting.

Last Friday, November 5, the Police of the Quevedo – Mocache district reported that Xavier Goya, the man who was murdered on Thursday, November 4, had a criminal record and that even a few days ago he had been released from prison, so the Violent act was classified as a selective death, originated by the fighting of territories of criminal organizations that operate in the city. (I)