As soon as he heard the news, he went to his relative’s house to verify the situation. He arrived on a tricycle and accessed the property where Lupo Arroyo Ayoví lived, a sixty-year-old who was murdered Monday night in the Causa Proletaria cooperative, in Guasmo, in the south of Guayaquil.
According to preliminary reports, men on motorcycles would have reached the home of the now deceased and opened fire on the man. Two more people were injured as a result of the attack.
‘The country got out of hand, crime beat it in less than a year,’ Viteri tells President Lasso in the face of insecurity
Outside there was a cabinet with bloody clothes that apparently belonged to the victims of the armed attack.
At the crime scene there was secrecy on the morning of this Tuesday, May 31.
There is fear of possible reprisals, since Guasmo is one of the points with the most violent deaths in the Ximena parish, where together with Pascuales a state of exception is in force that includes a curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
This measure arranged by the National Government aims to counteract criminal acts, including violent deaths
Zone 8, made up of Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón, has more than 550 murders.
Governor of Guayas asks the mayor of Guayaquil to join forces to combat insecurity
The situation prompted a statement by the mayor Cynthia Viteri, who in a message to the country broadcast on the media and digital platforms spoke of the need for the public force, the military and the police to be willing to shoot those who commit acts criminals.
“No one is safe anywhere. All of you and your families are targets of crime: robberies, rapes, kidnappings and murders. The foundations of civilized coexistence that we have been accustomed to have crumbled,” Viteri explained.
On his side, Pablo Arosemena, governor of Guayas, made a call to work together for security without political calculations, alluding to the fact that next year there will be an election of sectional authorities. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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