Nine isothermal vehicles, 35 cases of forensic lights, 55 lighting towers and 24 portable microscopes were delivered on the morning of this Monday, January 30, at the National Police Legal Medicine building, in the north of Quito.
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The Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapata, stressed the need for these vehicles to deal with cases with better technology.
He argued that 86% of the violent deaths reported in 2022 occurred in five provinces of the country and that they were linked to drug trafficking and organized crime.
Among these violent acts, he referred to the multiple murder that occurred over the weekend in an urbanization of Daule, in the province of Guayas.
The minister announced that the vehicles will be destined for seven provinces: Pichincha, Guayas, Santa Elena, Morona Santiago, Napo, Chimborazo and Pastaza.
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Cristian Salgado, technical coordinator of Forensic Sciences, explained that they are 2.8-ton vehicles, have an internal division to store up to six corpses, are equipped with Thermo King that will allow them to be kept at an adequate temperature from the removal of the bodies until the arrival at the morgue.
The vehicles will be destined to the provinces where the highest crime rate has been detected.
Zapata mentioned that this type of vehicle will facilitate investigations and that the forensic doctor’s analysis can be more accurate to find the evidence and determine the cause, manner, and manner of death.
Milton Zárate, director of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, pointed out that this donation promotes technological improvement.
He indicated that many of the crimes occur at night and they did not have the necessary lighting to find all the clues, for example, cartridges that were left aside in certain places.
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Forensic light cases have several flashlights that allow identifying when there are bodily fluids such as blood, semen, saliva and sweat.
The small microscopes are mobile, they can observe the characteristics of the weapons and be able to discriminate at the scene of the events.
This could help in investigations to more accurately determine the characteristics of weapons or ammunition, among other evidence.
Finally, he said that, from the National Service of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, they have been updating the work of the agents, since they had not been updated for a decade.
He highlighted that in genetics and toxicology they have everything up to date and that they have implemented a series of tools for the analysis of video, audio and documentation. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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