Most of the crimes were committed in the south and suburbs.
A man traveling in a high-end SUV was killed Sunday night in the Guayaquil suburb.
About 31 years old, the subject was traveling with his aunt, who was injured in the attack registered at 34 and P. The woman is stable.
Witnesses indicated that men arrived at the sector, intercepted the car and shot the occupants of the car. Apparently, the hit men were following the car.
Wilson Torres, chief of the southern district of the Police, said that the murdered man had a prior record and had already been the subject of an attempt. Therefore, the Police considered that it is a selective victim.
This murder is among the more than 10 violent deaths in the last 72 hours in zone 8, which includes Guayaquil, Samborondón and Durán.
Over the weekend, in La Floresta, in the south, two murders were reported at different times. A man was also assassinated in the 9 de Octubre citadel, in the south of the city.
On Saturday, in Tulcán and Francisco Segura, a woman was shot inside her car. Another was wounded in the Chala area. While a man who entered a suburban hotel with his partner was murdered.
In the Gallegos Lara cooperative, in the north, a man was stabbed.
During the early hours of this Monday, a 34-year-old man was murdered in La Décima and La E. The Police indicated that the murdered man had a criminal record and that on another occasion he had suffered an attack.
Outside of Guayaquil, but in localities that belong to zone 8, crimes were also reported. In Posorja parish, a man was shot in the head and then cremated in a secluded area.
In the neighboring canton a man was also shot. Family members took him to a medical home.
So far this year there have been 653 violent deaths in zone 8, more than 200 than in the same period in 2020. (I)
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