In the most recent case, armed individuals attacked several people who were gathered in the 50 Casas neighborhood, in the south of the Emerald capital.
Emeralds-Santo Domingo
Armed subjects attacked several people who were gathered in the 50 Casas neighborhood, in the south of the city of Esmeraldas, around 10 p.m. on Sunday the 5th.
After the event, four affected people were transferred in private vehicles to the Delfina Torres South Hospital, which is close to the event.
Initially, a group of relatives was outside the health home awaiting news about the state of the injured, but upon learning of the death of Sixto Torres Alarcón, 33, and Abraham Abad Valverde, 36, they entered forcibly to the sanatorium for details of the event. That alarmed patients and health personnel who were at the scene.
Manabi adds 186 violent deaths. In the most recent case, a man was murdered after having bought in a store in Portoviejo
A 23-year-old man in the left leg and another 58-year-old man in the left side of the hip were also injured by the projectile impacts.
Killed outside his home
Welinton Quintero Angulo, 42, died with several gunshot wounds while he was at the door of his home in the El Mirador neighborhood, Housing Plan sector, of Santo Domingo de los Colorados.
The victim was with her partner when two men arrived on a motorcycle and one of them got out to shoot him several times last Saturday night, according to police information.
The wounded man was transferred to the Gustavo Domínguez regional hospital, where his death was confirmed.
At the scene of the attack, police officers raised about 10 ballistic indicia. (I)
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