On the Deceased holiday there was also another similar robbery in the Chinca parish, residents reported.
Suspects of cattle rustling were arrested in a rural area of the Esmeraldas canton, on the morning of this Friday 12.
After the report of the theft of a cattle truck, police personnel and members of the Armed Forces mobilized to the Pepa del Pan compound, in the rural Chincha parish, to deploy an operation in the area.
In the middle of a chase, police and a group of antisocials clashed in the sector known as El Túnel. One of the alleged criminals was injured and received first aid from paramedics who arrived in that area.
Finally, the agents arrested at least three suspects of this crime.
On the Deceased holiday, another similar robbery was recorded in the Chincha parish, residents reported.
Attack on the occupant of a truck in Esmeraldas
A man was shot three times in different parts of the body while sitting inside a car this morning in the city of Esmeraldas.
The attack occurred after 09:00 in the Aire Libre neighborhood, south of the Emerald capital.
According to preliminary investigations, two subjects on a motorcycle reportedly attacked, apparently for retaliation, said Joffre García, police chief of the Esmeraldas district. (I)

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