Massacre in Ecuador: four children murdered and their parents injured in one of them inside their home

Four children died and their parents were injured in a slaughter occurred in a house in a populated neighborhood in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquilas confirmed this Tuesday by the Public Ministry, which opened an investigation ex officio.

IT WAS ENOUGH. NOW YES, AUTHORITIES.. WITH EVERYTHING! PAIN FREE AND LOOK! THEY MESS WITH OUR CHILDREN THERE IS NO GOING BACK. 4 CHILDREN, 4 CHILDREN were murdered in the Cooperative. Guayas and Quil del Guasmo Sur. Apparently, the criminals had confused their houses. Matters… pic.twitter.com/EW0ALU03oz

— Luis Antonio Ruiz (@luisantonio_r) December 12, 2023

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The crime occurred on Monday night, in the neighborhood South Guasmoan area south of the port capital of the coastal province of Guaiaswhere the episodes of violencemainly attributed to criminal gangs that They work in the area.

According to local media, the murdered children had Ages included between 6 months and 7 years, while parents are hospitalized after being transferred to a medical Center.

At around 9pm local time on Monday (2pm GMT Tuesday), armed men broke into the house. They shot indiscriminately against the residents of the property.

Ecuador is going through the worst crisis of citizen insecurity in its history, with a wave of criminal violence linked to the mafias of the drug trafficking and organized crime that have gained power in recent years.

O homicide rate increased almost five times in the last five years, going from 5.8 to 25.62 violent deaths for each 100,000 inhabitantswhile some experts predict that 2023 will close with a rate of 40, which would place Ecuador among the most violent countries in the world. Latin America.

Source: Elcomercio

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