EMERALDS
As Víctor Márquez Rodríguez, 20, the young man shot to death in Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Malecón) and Pichincha streets, in the Las Malvinas sector, on the banks of the Esmeraldas River, was identified at noon on Thursday 3.
The victim had three holes from firearm projectiles in different parts of the body. According to investigations by the National Police, this crime would be due to retaliation by criminal groups.
A relative of Márquez told police officers that a cousin told him about his murder, which occurred in the Las Malvinas neighborhood. Upon arrival at the site he confirmed his physical identification. At the scene, they told him who would be the suspects in this crime, who would have fled to the mangrove area on the banks of the Esmeraldas River.
A guard killed and five other people injured in violent acts recorded in Esmeraldas
Agents of the Dinased and Criminalistics carried out the removal of the body and its transfer to the Forensic Center, by order of the fiscal agent on duty. Dinased teams work in flagrante delicto to find the whereabouts of those responsible for the violent act.
With the murder of Víctor Márquez, there are eight violent deaths, in addition to the wounded, registered in Esmeraldas and San Lorenzo in the last four days.
Pablo Velasco, commander of Subzone 8, said that new strategies are being applied, such as reviewing the trunks or trunks of motor vehicles that would be used to transport long weapons.
The ordinance that allows the mobilization of a single person is also complied with. The latter generated claims from their owners in a sit-in that was held in the Municipality of Esmeraldas, on the afternoon of this Thursday, the 3rd. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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