A merchant was shot in the Cuba neighborhood in the midst of dozens of buyers

A butcher, known in the Cuba neighborhood as Fat Ivan, He was assassinated on the morning of this Friday, April 29, in the south of Guayaquil.

The crime occurred at 09:30 in the streets Robles Chambers and Callejón Primero de Junio, and alarmed those who, like the victim, attended the street stalls amid dozens of buyers.

Two men on a motorcycle arrived and opened fire on the informal merchant identified as Iván Arteaga Flores, 55, who tried to run towards his house, but fell in the middle of the alley.

Witnesses heard at least four shots and ran to safety.

Criminalistics officers found three ballistic evidence at the scene.

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The neighbors for fear of reprisals preferred not to issue any comments. A woman who lived across the street from the business said that she didn’t even know her name and closed the window of her house.

Colonel Henry Herrera, head of the Violent Deaths Unit, indicated that the victim had three gunshot wounds to the chest and that his family is very secretive and did not want to collaborate with the investigations.

In addition, the Police found that the victim recorded an arrest in 1998 for robbery, but it is presumed that this attack by hit men may be related to the sale of drugs.

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Another crime was reported this Friday, at 1:00 p.m., in the south of the city. One person was shot on Trinitaria Island. Agents from special units are heading to that sector to transfer the body to the morgue and start the investigations.

So far in 2022 in Zone 8 (Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón) 456 murders have been reported. Between Monday and Friday there have been more than 20 murders in Guayaquil alone. At the provincial level there are 590 cases until this Friday, April 29. (I)