2023-06-02 22:55:41
04:39 PM
An Ecuadorian prosecutor was killed by gunmen in one of the most violent cities in the countryOn the same day, the head of the State Attorney General’s Office received death threats, the investigative body reported.
The agent fiscal Leonardo Palacios passed away “following an attack perpetrated once morest him today” in the town of Durán, near Guayaquil, The Prosecutor’s Office said on Twitter.
The entity added that the official was attacked following attending “A trial hearing once morest two defendants for murder”. While he was driving, some subjects intercepted him and opened fire. Authorities have collected more than 40 ballistic evidence at the crime scene.
Jorge Hadathy, Durán’s police chief, told journalists that a secretary of the prosecutor’s office was also in the car, who was unharmed.
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The assassination of Palacios occurred the same day that the State Attorney General, Diana Salazar, received death threats through a video sent by WhatsApp and that was released by local media.
In the video they appear at least six people armed with rifles and dressed in black and with caps that prevent seeing their faces.
“You’re regarding to have a birthday, I don’t want to ruin your party by killing your daughter”says the voice of a man in the video that received the fiscal, known for having prosecuted the former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa (2007-2017) for corruption.
As the armed men aim their rifles at the ground, the following is also heard: “If you don’t go by hook, you go by crook and by crook, I send you to celebrate in hell.”
Ecuador faces an increase in criminal violence and drug trafficking, with a homicide rate 25 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Last year, two prosecutors and a judge were shot to death in different parts of the country.
After denouncing the death threats once morest Salazar, The Ministry of the Interior ordered to reinforce the security of the official Salazar.
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