Two attacks had suffered one of the victims this year.
Two crimes were reported in Guayaquil between the afternoon and night of this Monday, December 13.
In the most recent case, last night, subjects in a car shot a man, identified as Juan Peñafiel Murillo, who was on a motorcycle in the vicinity of a fiscal campus of the 9 de Octubre cooperative, in the sector of Fertisa, south of the city.
According to a review of security cameras in the area, police officers indicated that the attackers were in a white Tucson vehicle and got out of the vehicle to attack the man.
At least 19 ballistic evidence was found at the scene.
The victim had a history of robbery, trafficking of illicit substances and had suffered two attacks in less than six months, said Cristian Galarza, in charge of the National Police in that area.
Yesterday afternoon, a man, about 25 years old, was assassinated in block 4 of the El Fortín sector, in the northeast of the city. According to preliminary data, two men on a motorcycle were responsible for the attack.
“Two ballistic signs have been found, one deformed and one in good condition,” said Leonelo Pérez, the prosecutor on duty.
In both cases, police units began investigative procedures to identify those responsible for the murders. The bodies were transferred to the morgue of the Judicial Police, located in the west of the city.
So far this year, zone 8, made up of Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón, has added at least 620 violent deaths. (I)
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