The body of the young man was found lifeless in the south of Quito. His relatives demand justice.
Andrea Medina is convinced that the his brother’s death was not an accident, As one of the hypotheses handled by the Police maintains regarding the death of Andrés Medina, 18, whose body was found on January 12 passed in a ravine that overlooks the Machángara River, in the sector Footwear, in the south of Quito.
“There is still no result (…). The preliminary is that it was not an accident, the Police continue to investigate because despite the sweep carried out still they can’t find my brother’s shoes or cell phone”, he asserted.
After Medina denounced the event as a possible murder, a campaign was launched on social networks with the hashtag #JusticiaParaAndres, which has generated several shows of solidarity and support with the family and indignation at the insecurity in the streets of the capital.
This newspaper published yesterday, based on documents and testimonies of the institution itself, that one of the possibilities contemplated in the inquiries preliminary is that of an accident and not a murder.
Andrea Medina rejected this post and informed that he has received the police support and that even the mayor Santiago Guarderas and the Secretary of Security, Daniela Valarezo, they committed their contingent to the sweeps carried out in the area where their brother’s body was found.
Christian Gallardo, national deputy director(s) and head of zone 9 DMQ of the National Directorate for the Investigation of Crimes Against Life, Violent Deaths, Disappearances, Kidnapping and Extortion (Dinased), told this newspaper that As of today, the case is under preliminary investigation.
“In the 30 days to carry out the preliminary investigation we will have several hypotheses… Along the way, some are discarded and others are welcomed. According to the evidence collected You will be able to know the reason and give a solution to the case… and I cannot give more data because it is reserved”, he added.
After the The National Police report on this case will be known in 30 days. That is what the relatives of Andrés Medina hope, who was about to graduate from school. (I)
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