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The Attorney General’s Office Ecuador confirmed this Thursday the murder of one of its prosecutors in the city of Durana neighbor of Guayaquil, one of the areas hardest hit by crime in the country, which has suffered from a spiral of violence for two years.
“The death of the fiscal agent is confirmed Leonardo PVafter an attack perpetrated against him today, in Duran. Personal of prosecution, Police (Criminalistics and Judicial Police) collect evidence at the crime scene”, reported the Public ministry.
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In addition, he reported that in the place they found “more than 40 ballistic evidence”.
The prosecutor was attacked when he was driving in his vehicle, after concluding a trial hearing against two accused of murder.
The prosecution “Investigate the incident to find those responsible for the crime.”, added the source on a day in which the head of the Public Ministry, Diana Salazardenounced having received death threats against her and her daughter.
Salazar received the death threat in a video that reached his cell phone through WhatsAppcoming from an account assigned to a number of Ukraine (with prefix +380) who showed an image of the attorney general in her profile photo.
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The Attorney General rejected in a statementany intimidation attempt that occurs due to unrestricted compliance with the entrusted constitutional powers” and reaffirmed its commitment to work technically and objectively.
Source: Elcomercio
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