The three plainclothes policemen did intelligence work at 33rd and García Goyena.
A video captured the moment when two suspected antisocials approached three plainclothes police officers to apparently assault them on a suburban street.
The images show that the three police officers were outside what appears to be a workshop. One with a backpack is close to a vehicle and two others are in front of him near another white car.
In a few seconds a motorcycle appears on the scene with two subjects. The motorcyclist stops moving while his passenger gets out apparently pointing.
Before the action, the police officers spread out and the alleged assailant gets back on the motorcycle to leave the place.
A thief was killed in the suburb of Guayaquil while trying to rob three plainclothes policemen
Within 23 seconds of the circulating video, one of the policemen is about to draw his gun. Another who entered the workshop comes out with a gun and the third who was in front of them and who had gone out into the street joins the chase with another gun.
The preliminary version of the Police indicates that the individuals tried to assault the three plainclothes policemen who were doing intelligence work at 33rd and García Goyena. Police indicate that the offender pointed a revolver at the officers.
General Fausto Buenaño, commander of zone 8, who arrived at the scene, mentioned that the two thieves had robbed a business on 32nd and García Goyena and then advanced a block to where the Judicial Police agents were.
In the middle of the action, the policemen fired. A man in his 35s who confronted them was shot and died at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25.
During the shooting, the alleged thief was injured and fell face down in the doorway of a house. The policemen who intervened in the event advanced to the point and found the body.
The commander mentioned that personnel from the Department of Institutional Defense of the Police also came to the point to collect information to go to the Guayas Prosecutor’s Office and follow the legal process.
From Carondelet, President Guillermo Lasso has shown support for police officers who, in compliance with their duty, must face legal proceedings for the death of criminals.
The issue has been under debate before the judicial sentence faced by police officer Santiago Olmedo, who was sentenced to three years in prison for the crime of “overreaching” in the execution of an act of service.
In a brief meeting this week at the Carondelet Palace, the president informed Corporal Olmedo that the Government will support him in the judicial process that is being carried out against him through legal advice that will reinforce the defense strategy that he has managed so far. .
On the morning of Tuesday, January 25, Lasso, in the presence of the Minister of Government, Alexandra Vela, and Corporal Olmedo, confirmed that the National Police has the full support of the regime to act against crime in the streets of the country and assured that this It does not mean that judicial decisions are not respected.
Meanwhile, Olmedo said that more than 900 police officers are currently prosecuted for different causes at the national level, but that the institution will continue working against delinquency and organized crime. (I)
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