Bolivia repudiates the murder of mayor Brigitte García in Ecuador

Bolivia repudiated this Monday the murder of the Ecuadorian mayor Brigitte Garcia and its head of communications in the hands of criminal gangs, and expressed its solidarity with the people of Ecuador in their search for peace.

“The Government and the people Plurinational State in Bolivia express their rejection of the murder of the mayor of Saint Vincent, Ecuador, Brigitte Garciaand the Communications Director, Jairo Loorby criminal gangs“, said Itamaraty on its social networks.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also expressed its support for the Ecuadorian people “in their quest for a peaceful society” and the message “solidarity for Ecuador”.

Garcia and Loor They were found dead in the early hours of Sunday inside a vehicle that was parked on a beach in the north of the province of Manabiafter the mayor’s family reported him missing on Saturday.

The first investigations carried out by the Police found that the shots were fired from inside the rented vehicle.

The Public Ministry Ecuador He indicated this Monday that he is continuing with the procedures to find those responsible and clarify the facts, in a process that has so far resulted in no arrests.

This event occurred less than two months after the shooting of Diana Carnerocouncilor of the coastal municipality of Orangein the province of Guaiasoccurred on February 7th.

García, 27 years old, was the youngest mayor of Ecuadorafter being elected at the age of 26 in the 2023 local elections, in which she ran for the movement Citizen revolutionwhose leader is the former president Rafael Corrêa (2007-2017).

He Garcia’s murder joins a list of authorities who have been victims of hired killers in recent months in Ecuadorincluding prosecutors, judges and politicians such as the mayor of Blanket, Agustin Intriagoand presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

It has been in force since January Ecuador state of emergency declared by the president Daniel Noboa just after two months in office. He also decreed a situation of internal armed conflict to try to stop the spiral of violence in prisons and on the streets across the country, attributed to organized crime groups.

Source: Elcomercio

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