Two people arrested allegedly in connection with the murder of a prosecutor in Ecuador

Ecuadorian Police arrested two people allegedly in connection with the prosecutor’s murder Cesar Suarezwho worked on the case of the robbery of a television station by an armed commando and followed cases related to drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime.

““We arrested 2 suspects involved in the murder of prosecutor César Suárez, in Guayaquil, after investigative procedures that allowed us to identify their alleged participation in the criminal act,” wrote the General Commander of the Police, César Zapata, on his X account (formerly Twitter).

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For those detained A rifle, two pistols, feeders and two vehicles were seized from them.

The murder of prosecutor Suárez was committed on Wednesday in the coastal city of Guayaquil in the midst of a state of emergency and the declaration of internal armed conflict by the Government of Daniel Noboa in the face of a spiral of violence unleashed last week and attributed to criminal gangs.

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Suárez, who had recently interrogated those detained for the robbery of the TC Televisión channel in Guayaquil, was murdered by gunmen who shot at his vehicle as he was heading to a hearing on a drug trafficking case, without being protected by a security team.

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The Government of Ecuador rejected the shooting of the prosecutor and ratified its commitment to support the administration of justice within the framework of the “internal war” carried out against transnational organized crime.

The State Attorney General, Diana Salazar He deplored Suárez’s crime and said that the Public Ministry will not stop the fight against organized crime groups.

“This atrocious fact brings with it a message for the work we are carrying out through justice in Ecuador”, but “organized crime groups, criminals, terrorists will not impede our commitment to Ecuadorian society”, Salazar noted on Wednesday.

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The prosecutor called on the police forces to “guarantee the safety of all of us who carry out our duties”, as well as the Judicial Council to authorize judicial hearings carried out by prosecutors from organized anti-crime units”. developed electronically.”

Source: Elcomercio