Police uniforms are located on the morning of this Wednesday, June 15, in several streets of the Portete district, in the southwest of Guayaquil, to provide security to passers-by and business owners in the face of robbery attempts and looting registered yesterday, Tuesday, in the framework of the strike that reaches its third day.
“Now I am having breakfast in peace. You’ve been working for so many years, it’s not fair that they come to hurt you,” said Maritza Reinoso, owner of a store located on 23rd and Q.
The woman said that yesterday at 10:45 her egg supplier told her that there were looting attempts in the Perimetral. For this reason, she said, at 11:30 she closed her business and reopened at 17:30, but since the sector was desolate at that time, she chose to close again.
Ten arrested in Guayaquil for attempted looting in businesses in the south and suburb
In places like the Bay and the south of the Main Port, the owners of stores also closed early. The spread of videos from 2019 and rumors of looting in the south created panic and caused businesses to close early.
Therefore, the Police asked citizens to inform themselves through official channels.
Colonel Christian Mayorga, head of the Portete district, mentioned that in this jurisdiction there were thirteen detainees.
Two people were arrested for possession of weapons; another eight, for robbery at a local supermarket chain.
Two more people were arrested for cell phone theft and another for a rush ticket.
The police chief pointed out that in the Portete district there was a robbery (27 and Rosendo Avilés) and an attempted robbery in a diaper bag on 23 and Q.
Rumors of looting, videos and alerts that went viral generated uncertainty in commercial areas of Guayaquil; Police ruled out most alerts and said that part of the videos were from 2019
“We are going to monitor the networks to observe any video that may arise and that with second intention wants to lead to this panic. And we are also going to spread out in all the main avenues and streets where there are shops, educational centers, so that normalcy and order remain in our district”, Colonel Mayorga explained.
And he added that mobile devices will remain in the course of the day.
A group of men was arrested for attempted looting in a local suburb of Guayaquil; in another point of the Trinitaria island, police presence was reinforced due to rumors
Before 09:00 in the city the characteristic commercial movement was already observed. For example, on the Perimetral road some businesses were open.
The same was observed in the center in the area surrounding Plaza Centenario, where stores, stationery stores and cafeterias already served customers. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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