Both events were reported in the morning and afternoon of this Saturday the 22nd. In addition, another person was shot.
A man died from gunshot wounds in the border town of San Lorenzo del Pailón, north border of Esmeraldas. The incident was reported by ECU911 to the National Police of that jurisdiction, after 10:00 on Saturday the 22nd.
Criminalistics and the Dinased investigate this new violent death, and there are already three murders so far this January.
Another hitman-style crime happened this afternoon, at a gas station in Tonsupa (Atacames), where unknown persons shot a man who was inside a van. The attack was carried out with long-range weapons and a pistol, according to ballistic evidence found at the service station.
These events were recorded the same day that the Minister of Defense, Luis Hernández Peñaherrera, visited the Motorized Infantry Battalion (Bimot – 13), of Esmeraldas. In this appointment, the official maintained that corruption and criminal armed groups are two threats that the Armed Forces must face with “efficiency and loyalty.”
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One of these armed groups, which apparently originated in Colombia, was located by a military patrol at a rest base in the Corriente Larga area, in Mataje, near the international political boundary (IPL), last Thursday.
Weapons, ammunition and equipment were found there, which, according to Hernández, could be used for irregular acts in Ecuadorian territory.
The border is like the skin of the body that by not taking care of it can make you sick, but in our case they are crimes that are mutating and that we must face every day
Luis Hernández Peñaherrera, Minister of Defense.
That is why, added the official, the Armed Forces must specialize and professionalize with new technologies, mainly in the 20 kilometers of border that are the responsibility of the Army.
Hernández arrived with Fabián Fuel Revelo, head of the Joint Command (Comaco), and other authorities, and they congratulated the military personnel of Bimot – 13 for the new year and reminded them of the military confrontation in the Cenepa, on January 26, 1995. (I)
Wounded in Esmeraldas
In addition to the two murders recorded this Saturday, last Friday night it was reported that a person was injured with bullet wounds while he was with his family, in the San Martín de Porres Bajo neighborhood, west of the Esmeralda capital.
The incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. Two subjects aboard a motorcycle would have committed the attack, according to the complaint presented by the affected person to the Police. (I)
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